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Thursday, November 12
Prophet Ahijah the Shilonite
Sinaxarion

Venerable

Gwenrhiw

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.

Feast
November 1old style November 14
Era
unknown
Order
Venerables

Life

Saint Gwenrhiw, a virgin, is counted among the daughters of Brychan Brycheiniog. The Welsh calendars in Peniarth manuscripts 187 and 219 and the Primer of 1618 enter her on 1 November as Gwenrhiw Forwyn, "the Virgin". No church is known to be dedicated to her; her name survives in a township of Kerry in Montgomeryshire. The veneration is local, without synodal canonization.

Commemorated the same day November 1