Bugi ab Gwynlliw Filwr
(also Hywgi,
Bywgi
and Beugi
) was a Welsh Christian
saint
In religious belief, a saint is a person who is recognized as having an exceptional degree of Q-D-Š, holiness, likeness, or closeness to God. However, the use of the term ''saint'' depends on the context and Christian denomination, denominat ...
in the 6th century.
He was reportedly the son of
Gwynllyw, a Welsh king, brother of saint
Cadoc and the father of
Beuno
Saint Beuno ( la, Bonus;Baring-Gould &
Fisher, "Lives of the British Saints" (1907), quoted a Early British Kingdoms website by David Nash Ford, accessed 6 February 2012 640), sometimes anglicized as Bono, was a 7th-century Welsh abbot, ...
(died 640), abbot and saint.
His wife (known as Peren,
Beren,
or Perferen
) was the daughter of Lleuddun Luyddog,
identified as
King Lot of Lothian.
Legend
He married Beren, daughter of
Lleuddun Luyddog. The couple was devout and lived quietly on the land given by his grandfather, but had no issue. The legend tell of an
angelic visitation with the offer of a child. Nine months latter the couple had a son,
Beuno
Saint Beuno ( la, Bonus;Baring-Gould &
Fisher, "Lives of the British Saints" (1907), quoted a Early British Kingdoms website by David Nash Ford, accessed 6 February 2012 640), sometimes anglicized as Bono, was a 7th-century Welsh abbot, ...
, who himself was canonized as a saint. Uncle, spiritual teacher, and guardian of Saint Winifred. Late in life he received a series of visions. Legend says that when Winifred was beheaded by a jilted suitor, Beuno placed the severed head back on the body and Winifred lived. People still sit sick children on the great stone slab of his tomb in hopes of their healing.
Legacy
It is reported that when Bugi was dying he sent for his son Beuno, who came to him, and "After receiving the communion, making his confession and rendering his end perfect he departed this life."
It was said that Beuno planted an
acorn
The acorn, or oaknut, is the nut of the oaks and their close relatives (genera ''Quercus'' and '' Lithocarpus'', in the family Fagaceae). It usually contains one seed (occasionally
two seeds), enclosed in a tough, leathery shell, and borne ...
at the site of Bugi's death, which grew into an oak tree forming an arch; any Englishman passing through this arch would die, while a Welshman would be unharmed.
References
Medieval Welsh saints
6th-century Christian saints
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