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Thursday, November 12
Prophet Ahijah the Shilonite
Sinaxarion

Venerable

Dunwyd

A venerable saint, commemorated in the early Celtic calendars; very little is recorded.

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Era
unknown
Order
Venerables

Life

Venerable Dunwyd (Dynwyd) seems to have been a Welsh saint, though the saintly genealogies do not know him. He is the patron of two Glamorgan churches: Llanddunwyd (St Donat's) near Llantwit Major, and Llanddunwyd (Welsh St Donats) near Cowbridge. Latin documents call the church that of Saint Donatus, and the Welsh name does not fit this exactly. Local tradition makes Dunwyd a contemporary of Saints Cadoc and Tathan; together they are said to have founded the church of Pendoylan, at the spot where the oxen carrying the materials stopped of their own accord. He is venerated in the undivided Church.