Saint
Inabwy
Bishop, venerated in the Western Church.
- Era
- 7th century
- Order
- Hierarchs
Life
Inabwy was a Welsh bishop and saint, born about 530 and living at the turn of the 6th and 7th centuries. He is venerated in the Western Church, and his name also appears as Junabius, Iunapeius, Junabo or Dinabo.
He appears in the traditional list of the bishops of Llandaff, but it is more likely that he was bishop of Ergyng in the early 7th century. His father was Rhun, son of Eneas Ledewig the Breton, and his mother was the sister of Peibio Clafrog, king of Ergyng. As a youth he became a follower of his cousin Saint Dyfrig, and he later worked beside Saint Teilo when Teilo returned to Llandeilo Fawr around 560. In his later years he was bishop of Ergyng and perhaps reposed around 625.
He is known to have founded churches at Llanloudy, at Llanbudgualan (now Ballingham) and at Llandinabo in Herefordshire, where a church still bears his name. The sources do not give his day of commemoration.