Curig of Llanbadarn

Saint Curig of Llanbadarn was a Celtic bishop and saint of Wales in post-⁠Roman times, in the sixth century; he is said to have been bishop of Llanbadarn. Several churches in Wales are dedicated to him.

Tradition says that he settled in Wales in the time of Maelgwn Gwynedd, whose warrior he had been. Maelgwn is said to have grown angry at him for his faith, and Curig to have struck Maelgwn and his men blind and obliged three of the king's sons to give him land. Landing at Aberystwyth, he is said to have travelled inland and rested on the summit of a high mountain, where he cleared a green, called Eisteddfa Gurig, "Curig's seat", now the village of Llangurig. Until the sixteenth century the church of Saint Harmon had a crucifix of his, covered with gold and silver, used to cure the sick. The church at Capel Curig, dedicated to Saint Julitta, is said to have been founded by him. He is thought to have crossed to Brittany at the end of his life, where several churches bear his name; he is said to have died at Landerneau and been buried at Locquirec. He is commemorated on 16 June as a saint of the West before the Great Schism (a saint of the undivided Church), by the New Calendar.