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Illtud

6th-century Welsh saint

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Feast: 6 November (not on the universal Roman calendar; kept in the Roman Martyrology or local calendars)

Born
480
Died
540
Beatified
not needed: before formal processes
Canonised
By tradition
recognised before formal processes began

Who they were

Illtud (Welsh pronunciation: [/ˈɪɬtɨd/] also spelled Illtyd, Eltut, and, in Latin, Hildutus), also known as Illtud Farchog or Illtud the Knight, is venerated as the abbot teacher of the divinity school, Bangor Illtyd, located in Llanilltud Fawr (Llantwit Major) in Glamorgan, Wales. He founded the monastery and college in the 6th century, and the school is believed to be Britain's earliest centre of learning. At its height, it had over a thousand pupils and schooled many of the great saints of the age, such as David, Samson of Dol, and the historian Gildas.

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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 Q2639031 — dates, feast day and identifiers (CC0)
  • English Wikipedia — Illtud (CC BY-SA)

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