Tathai

Venerable Tathai (Tathan) was, in the early sixth century, a hermit who settled in Glamorgan in Wales and founded the monastery called St Athan's after him. According to Welsh tradition he was the teacher of Saint Cadoc, who was sent to him by King Gwynllyw. A later legend makes him the son of an Irish king, who sailed with eight disciples and founded a monastic school at Caerwent. He is a saint of the undivided Church, remembered on 26 December in the Western calendar (new style).