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Cyngar Of Llangefni
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 Caer Gybi (fort), Monastery at Holyhead, Anglesey. Born around 488 Anno Domini, AD, he was the son of King Geraint, Gerren Llyngesog of Dumnonia. As a mature man, he became a follower of his nephew, St. Cybi, St. Cybi Felyn, whom he accompanied to Llanddyfrwyr-yn-Edeligion, Edeligion in South Wales where they built church building, churches in Llangybi, Monmouthshire#Church of St. Cybi, Llangybi-upon-Usk and Llanddyfrwyr-yn-Edeligion before King Glywys of Glywysing forced them to leave. They then went to the island of Aran Mor in Ireland where they spent 4 years building churches, after which they moved to the Llŷn Peninsula at Cricieth. They finally established an important monastery at Holyhead, Anglesey, from where Cyngar founded the church at Llangefni. Ynys Cyngar, once an offshore island but now a coastal headland is located at the mouth ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Patron Saint
A patron saint, patroness saint, patron hallow or heavenly protector is a saint who in Catholicism, Anglicanism, or Eastern Orthodoxy is regarded as the heavenly advocate of a nation, place, craft, activity, class, clan, family, or person. In Christianity Saints often become the patrons of places where they were born or had been active. However, there were cases in Medieval Europe where a city which grew to prominence and obtained for its cathedral the remains or some relics of a famous saint who had lived and was buried elsewhere, thus making them the city's patron saint – such a practice conferred considerable prestige on the city concerned. In Latin America and the Philippines, Spanish and Portuguese explorers often named a location for the saint on whose feast or commemoration day they first visited the place, with that saint naturally becoming the area's patron. Occupations sometimes have a patron saint who had been connected somewhat with it, although some of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
