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Llanllowell ( cy, Llanllywel) is a village in

Monmouthshire Monmouthshire ( cy, Sir Fynwy) is a county in the south-east of Wales. The name derives from the historic county of the same name; the modern county covers the eastern three-fifths of the historic county. The largest town is Abergavenny, with ...

, southeast Wales, in the United Kingdom. It is two miles southeast of Usk, in the community of

Llantrisant Fawr Llantrisant Fawr is a community in Monmouthshire, Wales. Villages within the community include Llantrisant and Llanllowell __NOTOC__ Llanllowell ( cy, Llanllywel) is a village in Monmouthshire, southeast Wales, in the United Kingdom. It is two m ...

Location

Llanllowell stands on the eastern bank of the

River Usk The River Usk (; cy, Afon Wysg) rises on the northern slopes of the Black Mountain (''y Mynydd Du''), Wales, in the westernmost part of the Brecon Beacons National Park. Initially forming the boundary between Carmarthenshire and Powys, it fl ...

History

The parish church is now considered dedicated to

Saint Llywel In religious belief, a saint is a person who is recognized as having an exceptional degree of holiness, likeness, or closeness to God. However, the use of the term ''saint'' depends on the context and denomination. In Catholic, Eastern Ort ...

. However, it was almost certainly originally dedicated to

Saint Hywel In religious belief, a saint is a person who is recognized as having an exceptional degree of holiness, likeness, or closeness to God. However, the use of the term ''saint'' depends on the context and denomination. In Catholic, Eastern Ortho ...

.Baring-Gould, Sabine & al
''The Lives of the British Saints: The Saints of Wales and Cornwall and Such Irish Saints as Have Dedications in Britain'', Vol. III, pp. 288 f
Chas. Clark (London), 1908. Hosted at Archive.org. Accessed 2 Dec 2014.

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Villages in Monmouthshire {{Monmouthshire-geo-stub