Llangadwaladr () is a small village in south-west

Anglesey Anglesey (; cy, (Ynys) Môn ) is an island off the north-west coast of Wales. It forms a principal area known as the Isle of Anglesey, that includes Holy Island across the narrow Cymyran Strait and some islets and skerries. Anglesey island ...

, Wales, located around 2 miles east of Aberffraw and 3 miles south of Gwalchmai. It is part of the

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Bodorgan Bodorgan is a village and community (Wales), community on the Isle of Anglesey, Wales, United Kingdom. According to the United Kingdom Census 2001, 2001 Census, there were 1,503 residents in the now former Wards of the United Kingdom, electoral ...

. The village is a short distance from the ancient ''llys'' ( en, royal court) of the kings of Gwynedd, and is reputed to have been their royal burial ground. The inscription on one monumental stone in the church (pictured) reads "Catamanus rex sapientisimus opinatisimus omnium regum" ( en, King Cadfan, most wise and renowned of all kings), suggesting that Cadfan ap Iago (c. 569 – c. 625)

King of Gwynedd Prior to the Conquest of Wales by Edward I, Conquest of Wales, completed in 1282, Wales consisted of a number of independent monarchy, kingdoms, the most important being Kingdom of Gwynedd, Gwynedd, Kingdom of Powys, Powys, Deheubarth (originally ...

, is buried there. One of the windows of St Cadwaladr's church dates from the 12th century. Unusually, the

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(right of presentation) of the

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lay with the monarch rather than the bishop, until

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(1920). The inscription is the subject of a "detective story" that interprets it as containing a series of coded messages, insulting to the deceased king.Whispering Reeds, or, The Anglesey Catamanus Inscription Stript Bare. A detective story by Antony Charles Thomas. Oxbow Books 2002.

Notable people

* Owen ap Hugh (1518–1613), of Bodeon, near Llangadwaladr, was a Welsh politician. * Eryl Stephen Thomas (1910-2001), bishop of Monmouth and subsequently of Llandaff was born in this parish.

References

Villages in Anglesey Bodorgan {{Anglesey-geo-stub