Umbrafel (born in 466 AD) was a 6th-century saint of Wales and nobleman of
Brittany
Brittany (; french: link=no, Bretagne ; br, Breizh, or ; Gallo language, Gallo: ''Bertaèyn'' ) is a peninsula, Historical region, historical country and cultural area in the west of modern France, covering the western part of what was known ...
.
Umbrafel, born in 476 AD was a son of
Budic I of Brittany. He was the brother of
Miliau
St Miliau or Miliav is a Breton saint and eponym of the village of Guimiliau, where he is particularly venerated. He is said to be a good saint to invoke in cases of rheumatism. St Miliau is a figure of some importance in Breton cult and legend ...
, , , the father of
Maglorius. His wife
Afrelia, was, in the fiction of Geofrey of Monmouth, the daughter of
Vortimer
Vortimer ( Old Welsh Guorthemir, cy, Gwerthefyr), also known as Saint Vortimer ( cy, Gwerthefyr Fendigaid, "Vortimer the Blessed"), is a figure in British tradition, a son of the 5th-century Britonnic ruler Vortigern. He is remembered fo ...
, a son of
Vortigern
Vortigern (; owl, Guorthigirn, ; cy, Gwrtheyrn; ang, Wyrtgeorn; Old Breton: ''Gurdiern'', ''Gurthiern''; gle, Foirtchern; la, Vortigernus, , , etc.), also spelled Vortiger, Vortigan, Voertigern and Vortigen, was a 5th-century warlord in ...
and
Severa Verch Macsen. Their children were
Maglor Ap Umbraphel (),
Henoc Ap Umbraphel (), and another unknown child, Ap Verch Umbraphel.
Samson persuaded his parents to join a monastery,
[Adrien Baillet, ''Les Vies des Saints, avec l'histoire de leur culte, selon qu ...'', Volume 2(chez la Veuve Roulland, 1724) p401.] and at that time Umbrafel and his wife Afrelia, decided to do likewise.
References
Medieval Welsh saints
6th-century Breton people
History of Wales
466 births
Medieval French saints
6th-century Welsh people
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