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Gwynllyw

Welsh sovereign (c. 450-500)

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Feast: 29 March (not on the universal Roman calendar; kept in the Roman Martyrology or local calendars)

Born
500
Died
520
Beatified
not needed: before formal processes
Canonised
By tradition
recognised before formal processes began

Who they were

Gwynllyw Filwr or Gwynllyw Farfog (Welsh pronunciation: [ˈɡwɪnɬɪu]), known in English in a corrupted form as Woolos the Warrior or Woolos the Bearded (Latin: Gundleus, Gundleius or Gwenleue; c. 450 – 500 A.D.) was a Welsh king and religious figure.

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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 Q1063350 — dates, feast day and identifiers (CC0)
  • English Wikipedia — Gwynllyw (CC BY-SA)

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