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Ina

Welsh saint of the 5th century, daughter of Ceredig, honored at Llanina in Ceredigion.

Feast
February 1old style February 14
Era
5th century
Place
Llanina

Life

Saint Ina was, it is thought, a Welsh saint of the fifth century, of the royal house of Gwynedd. She was the daughter of Ceredig, son of Cunedda Wledig (about 420 to 453), and a granddaughter of Cunedda, progenitor of the royal dynasty of Gwynedd. The church of St Ina at Llanina in Ceredigion is dedicated to her.

A tradition identifies the dedicatee with the Anglo-⁠Saxon King Ine (Ina) of Wessex, who died in 727, but this is not true. A road in Cardiff bears her name, among those of other Celtic saints. She is a saint of the undivided Church, honoured locally, without synodal canonization.

Commemorated the same day February 1