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Cyngar ap Geraint
Welsh hermit; Cyngar of Llangefni
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Feast: 7 November (not on the universal Roman calendar; kept in the Roman Martyrology or local calendars)
Born
490
Died
501
Beatified
—
not needed: before formal processes
Canonised
By tradition
recognised before formal processes began
Who they were
Saint Cyngar was a 5th-century Welsh Saint. He is the Patron Saint of Llangefni, Anglesey, in Wales, and a founding member of St. Cybi's Monastery at Holyhead, Anglesey.
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The miracles
Limited information available on this saint.
Why that counted as sanctity
Limited information available on this saint.
Sources
- Wikidata Q17479540 — dates, feast day and identifiers (CC0)
- English Wikipedia — Cyngar of Llangefni (CC BY-SA)
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