Digain (also known as Dygain) was a 5th-century

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and Prince of Dumnonia (now the

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Life

Digain ap Constantine was said to be the son of

Constantine Corneu Constantine (, cy, Cystennin, fl. 520–523) was a 6th-century king of Dumnonia in sub-Roman Britain, who was remembered in later British tradition as a legendary King of Britain. The only contemporary information about him comes from Gilda ...

, King of Dumnonia, and was born in ''c.''429 He was believed to have had three brothers, Erbin (also sainted), Meirchion and Drustan, and possibly a sister (of unknown name).

Sainthood

Traditionally St Digain founded the church of that name in Llangernyw, meaning "the church of the Cornishman", in the county of Conwy in

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. The church was sited next to an already venerable yew, the

Llangernyw yew The Llangernyw Yew () is an ancient yew (''Taxus baccata'') in the village of Llangernyw, Conwy, North Wales. The tree is fragmented and its core part has been lost, leaving several enormous offshoots. The girth of the tree at the ground level is ...

. His sainthood was due being a confessor, meaning he was of remarkable virtue and confessed of the faith through writings and preachings, and has the feast day of November 21.Bunson, Matthew, Stephen & Margaret. ''Our Sunday Visitor's Encyclopedia of Saints'' Our Sunday Visitor 1998 p. 249

References

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