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Cwyllog

6th-century Welsh saint

SaintAngleseyPre-congregation

Feast: 7 January (not on the universal Roman calendar; kept in the Roman Martyrology or local calendars)

Born
550
Died
unknown
Beatified
not needed: before formal processes
Canonised
By tradition
recognised before formal processes began

Who they were

Saint Cwyllog (or Cywyllog) was a Christian holy woman who was active in Anglesey, Wales, in the early 6th century. The daughter, sister and niece of saints, she is said to have founded St Cwyllog's Church, Llangwyllog, in the middle of Anglesey, where a church is still dedicated to her.

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The miracles

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Why that counted as sanctity

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Connected on this site

Sources
  • Wikidata Q5197272 — dates, feast day and identifiers (CC0)
  • English Wikipedia — Cwyllog (CC BY-SA)

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