Venerable
Cynhafal
A Welsh saint honored in Denbighshire, commemorated in Baring-Gould, Lives of the British Saints.
- Feast
- October 5old style October 18
- Era
- unknown
- Place
- Denbighshire
- Order
- Venerables
Life
Venerable Cynhafal was the son of Saint Elgud ab Cadfarch ab Caradog Freichfras, and his mother seems to have been named Tubrawst. The only church dedicated to him is Llangynhafal, in the Vale of Clwyd in Denbighshire. His holy well lies in a field a quarter of a mile from the church, near Plas Dolben, in the form of an arched bath with steps; it was once famous for curing warts, which were pricked with a pin that was then thrown into the water. A Welsh poem of the sixteenth century calls on him for the help of the sick.
His traditional commemoration is on 5 October.
Commemorated the same day October 5
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