Saint
Ufelwy
Welsh saint of the 6th century, grandson of Gildas, a priest who built a church.
- Era
- 6th century
- Place
- Yhuel
Life
Saint Ufelwy was a Welsh saint of the sixth century, a grandson of Gildas. Baring-Gould shows him as the son of Cenydd, the crippled son of Gildas, and as a hermit in Gower. Cenydd seems to have moved to Brittany to be near his father, and Ufelwy probably went with him: traces that may refer to him are found there, where he can be recognised in Yhuel, said to have lived as a hermit in the parish of Redone, near Quimperlé. His chapel has been destroyed, but the fourteenth-century statues of Saint Yhuel and Saint Cadoc, which stood on either side of the altar, have been moved to the chapel of Rosgrande.
Other sources call him a priest, bishop and confessor and say that he received land from church authorities and built a church on it. He is a saint of the undivided Church, honoured locally.