Afrelia

Afrelia (also called Afrella or Arilda) was a Welsh saint of the early 6th century, from Powys. She was the daughter of a high-⁠ranking official at the royal court of Gwent, whom some take to be Vortimer, a son of Vortigern and of the queen Severa, daughter of the emperor Maximus. She was the wife of Umbrafel, a nephew of Saint Samson of Dol. When Samson persuaded his parents to enter a monastery, Umbrafel and Afrelia decided to do the same. She was the mother of Saint Maglorius and of Henwg and of one more child whose name is not known. She is said to have founded a monastery. Peter C. Bartrum suggests she may be identical with the little-⁠known Saint Arilda of Oldbury-⁠on-⁠Severn and Oldbury-⁠on-⁠the-⁠Hill in Gloucestershire. The day of her commemoration is unknown. Venerated in the Celtic tradition, with no known synodal canonization.