Saint Aerdeyrn ( century) was a semi-
legendary pre-congregational saint of
Wales.
He was a descendant of
Vortigern, making him related to the royal house of
Powys. He was the brother of
Saint Edeyrn
Saint Edeyrn ( century) was a pre-congregational saint of Wales, related to Vortigern and the royal house of Powys and the brother of Saint Aerdeyrn and Elldeyrn. Edeyrn is the patron saint of Lannédern in France and Llanedeyrn in Wales, whe ...
and
Elldeyrn with whom he is oft associated. His name was derived from the
Celtic
Celtic, Celtics or Keltic may refer to:
Language and ethnicity
*pertaining to Celts, a collection of Indo-European peoples in Europe and Anatolia
**Celts (modern)
*Celtic languages
**Proto-Celtic language
* Celtic music
*Celtic nations
Sports Fo ...
word for Prince. He built
churches in
Glamorgan
, HQ = Cardiff
, Government = Glamorgan County Council (1889–1974)
, Origin=
, Code = GLA
, CodeName = Chapman code
, Replace =
* West Glamorgan
* Mid Glamorgan
* South Glamorgan
, Motto ...
and he is the
patron Saint of
Llanelldeyrn,
Wales.
[Rev. ]Rice Rees
Rice Rees (31 March 1804 – 20 May 1839) was a Welsh cleric and historian.
Life
Rees was born at Ton, near Llandovery, Carmarthenshire, Wales, son of David- of a distinguished Llandovery family- and Sarah Rees, and christened in the local In ...
, ''An Essay on the Welsh Saints or the Primitive Christians who were Founders of churches in Wales'' (Longman, 1836
page 132
References
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Medieval Welsh saints
5th-century Welsh people
5th-century births
Welsh Roman Catholic saints
Year of birth unknown
Year of death unknown