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Thursday, November 12
Prophet Ahijah the Shilonite
Sinaxarion

Saint

Cadfrawd

A hierarch, commemorated in the early Celtic calendars; very little is recorded.

Uncertain source. We are looking to verify this information as soon as we can.

Era
unknown
Order
Hierarchs

Life

Holy Hierarch Cadfrawd appears in the mythical clan of Bran ab Llyr, as a son of Cadfan, and is the father of Saints Gwrmael and Cadgyfarch. He is said to be the patron of Caerleon (now the church of Saint Cadoc) and to have been a bishop, but his see is not given. It has been supposed that he was the same as Adelfius, the bishop present at the Council of Arles in 314; the entry, however, names the city in a way that some read as Lincoln and others as Caerleon. There is no clear evidence. The veneration belongs to the undivided Church.