Venerable
Rhidian
A Welsh saint, commemorated in Baring-Gould, Lives of the British Saints.
- Era
- unknown
- Order
- Venerables
Life
Venerable Rhidian is said to have been a member of the community of Cor Cenydd at Llangenydd in Gower, Wales. He is held to be patron of the church at Llanrhidian in Gower, though the church is usually dedicated to Saint Illtud. A late document in the Iolo Manuscripts names Rhidian of Gower and Rheged as the one through whom King Brynach Wyddel received the faith and baptism. His pedigree is not known.