Venerable
Buan
A venerable saint, commemorated in the early Celtic calendars; very little is recorded.
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- Feast
- August 4old style August 17
- Era
- unknown
- Order
- Venerables
Life
Venerable Buan was a son of Ysgwyn and a grandson of Llywarch Hen, the celebrated warrior-bard and prince of the north of Britain in the sixth century. Unable to hold back the invading Angles, Llywarch lost his patrimony and fled to Wales, where he found refuge with Cynddylan, prince of part of Powys; for sons who escaped the sword nothing remained but the religious life. Buan is said to be the patron of Bodfuan (Boduan) in Carnarvonshire, where his festival used to be kept on 4 August (old style). He is a saint of the undivided Church; nothing else of his life is recorded.
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