Venerable
Cynddylig
A venerable saint, commemorated in the early Celtic calendars; very little is recorded.
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- Era
- unknown
- Order
- Venerables
Life
Venerable Cynddylig (Cynddilig) was a son of Saint Nwython ab Gildas and the father of Saints Egwad and Gwrin. He is said to have been a saint in Somerset. Geoffrey of Monmouth names him among those present at the coronation of King Arthur at Caerleon. No church today is dedicated to him, but he was venerated in Cardiganshire, where a chapel, Capel Cynddilig, stood in the parish of Llanrhystyd. His festival was All Saints' Day: a sixteenth-century south Wales calendar mentions indulgences from midday on All Saints' Eve and cocks offered for the cure of whooping cough. He is a saint of the undivided Church.