Cadfan or St Cadfan might refer to:
* The
Battle of Cadfan, fought between English and Welsh armies in 1257
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Cadfan ap Iago
Cadfan ap Iago (c. 569 – c. 625) was King of Gwynedd (reigned c. 616 – c. 625). Little is known of the history of Gwynedd from this period, and information about Cadfan and his reign is minimal.
The historical person is known only fr ...
, King of Gwynedd (7th century floruit)
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John Cadvan Davies
John Cadvan Davies (1846–1923) was a Wesleyan Methodist Minister and a Welsh poet, who served as Archdruid. He is better known in Wales by his bardic name, Cadfan (sometimes Cadvan).
Life and career
Cadvan was born on a small farm, Yr Allt, i ...
(1846–1923), Archdruid of Wales, used the bardic name ''Cadfan''
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Saint Cadfan
Saint Cadfan ( la, Catamanus), sometimes Anglicized as Gideon, was the 6th century founder-abbot of Tywyn (whose church is dedicated to him) and Bardsey, both in Gwynedd, Wales. He was said to have received the island of Bardsey from Saint ...
, founder of a monastery on Bardsey Island (6th century or 7th century floruit)
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St Cadfan's Church, Tywyn
St Cadfan's Church ( cy, Eglwys Cadfan) is situated in Tywyn in the county of Gwynedd, formerly Merionethshire, Wales.
The church is noted for its Romanesque architecture and for housing the Cadfan Stone, a stone cross dating from ninth centur ...
in Mid Wales
** The
Cadfan Stone
Inside St Cadfan's Church, Tywyn, Gwynedd is an inscribed stone cross called the Cadfan Stone (or the ''Tywyn Stone''). On it are the earliest known inscriptions in the Welsh language, specifically in Old Welsh.
Recent scholarship dates the i ...
in the above church
* ''St. Cadfan'', a diesel locomotive on the
Talyllyn Railway
The Talyllyn Railway ( cy, Rheilffordd Talyllyn) is a narrow gauge preserved railway in Wales running for from Tywyn on the Mid-Wales coast to Nant Gwernol near the village of Abergynolwyn. The line was opened in 1865Drummond 2015, page 17 ...
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