Llanrhidian church and cottagesRhidian was a 6th-century Welsh
Pre-congregational 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 ...
who is often associated with
St Illtyd.
Rhydian might be a corruption of '
Tryrulhid’, who was St Illtyd's wife. However, there are also legends about a male Celtic monk,
St. Rhidian & St. Illtyd Church, Llanrhidian
by this name, who went on pilgrimage to St Davids
St Davids or St David's ( cy, Tyddewi, , "David's house”) is a city and a community (named St Davids and the Cathedral Close) with a cathedral in Pembrokeshire, Wales, lying on the River Alun. It is the resting place of Saint David, W ...
.
Rhidian is the patron saint
A patron saint, patroness saint, patron hallow or heavenly protector is a saint who in Catholicism, Anglicanism, or Eastern Orthodoxy is regarded as the heavenly advocate of a nation, place, craft, activity, class, clan, family, or perso ...
of Llanrhidian
The Gower Peninsula ( cy, Gŵyr) in the City and County of Swansea, Wales, United Kingdom is an Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty. It contains over twenty villages and communities.
Villages
Bishopston
Bishopston (, or historically ''Llanm ...
in Wales.
References
Medieval Welsh saints
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