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Saint

Ceitho

A saint of Wales.

Feast
November 1old style November 14
Era
6th century

Life

Saint Ceitho was an abbot and saint in west Wales in the 6th century. According to legend, he was one of the five sons of Cynyr Farfdrwch of Cynwyl Gaeo, a descendant of the ancient king Cunedda Wledig; his saintly brothers were Gwynno, Gwynoro, Celynin and Gwyn, and together they are said to have founded the village of Llanpumsaint in Carmarthenshire. He is the patron of Llangeitho in Ceredigion, where he is said to have founded an abbey in which he secluded himself as a hermit. Near the village is Ffynnon Geitho, "Ceitho's Well", a spring said to run cold in summer and warm in winter. He is a saint of the undivided Church.

He is commemorated on 1 November, the liturgical date in the Orthodox calendar (the same day number on the old and new calendars).

Commemorated the same day November 1