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Thursday, November 12
Prophet Ahijah the Shilonite
Sinaxarion

Venerable

Nuvien

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.

Era
unknown
Order
Venerables

Life

Saint Nuvien appears in the Book of Llandaff, which mentions "the village of Saint Nuvien with its church", identified by the author with Lann Uvien, the chapel at Crick in Monmouthshire, near Mathern where King Tewdrig was buried. The remains of the old chapel can still be seen, turned into a farm building. The name also occurs as Nyveyn or Nyfain. No life of him survives. The veneration is local, without synodal canonization.