Gwyndaf Hen

Venerable Gwyndaf Hen ("the Aged") was, according to the late genealogies, one of the many sons of Emyr Llydaw and, in some sources, a confessor to Saint Germanus (Garmon), with whom he came to Britain. He was the husband of Saint Gwenonwy, daughter of Meurig ap Tewdrig, and the father of Saints Meugant and Henwyn. It is said that he served in the community of Illtud at Llantwit, that he became head of Cor Dyfrig at Caerleon, and that in old age he went to Bardsey, where he is buried; Baring-⁠Gould warns that some of these statements cannot be relied on. He is patron of the church at Llanwnda in Caernarfonshire and of another church of the same name in Pembrokeshire. Sayings of wisdom attributed to him have been preserved.