Right-Believing
Meurig ap Tewdrig
A pious believer honored in Wales in connection with Llandaff; few details survive.
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- Era
- 5th century
- Place
- Llandaff Cathedral
Life
Meurig ap Tewdrig was the son of Tewdrig (Saint Tewdric) and a king of Gwent and Glywysing in Wales. The dates of his life are uncertain: some place him between 400 and 600, others between 596 and 665. He took the throne when his father abdicated, in the early seventh century. According to tradition, Tewdric lived as a hermit at Tintern but came to his son's aid, and the two drove back the Saxons at Pont y Saeson; Tewdric died after the battle, and Meurig buried him at Mathern and built an oratory there.
Meurig united Gwent with Ergyng by marrying Onbrawst, a daughter of King Gwrgan Fawr, and was a great patron of Llandaff Cathedral, where he was buried. The sources consulted show no canonization.