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Thursday, November 12
Prophet Ahijah the Shilonite
Sinaxarion

Venerable

Cyfelach

A venerable saint, 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
Venerables

Life

Venerable Cyfelach appears in a late document of the Iolo manuscripts as a bishop of Llandaff killed by pagans; his church is Llangyfelach, and he has another in Ewyas. The chronicle Brut y Tywysogion says that in 754 a Bishop Cyfelach of Morgannwg fell in the Second Battle of Hereford, but that source is itself unreliable and the Book of Llandaff knows no bishop of this name. A Saint Cyfelach probably gave his name to Llangyfelach in Glamorgan, now dedicated to Saint David; the feast of the place is 1 March. He is a saint of the undivided Church.