St Dwywe’s Church is a

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church in Llanddwywe,

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. It has a curvilinear

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and farm buildings on its west. Its structure, of

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construction, is mainly of

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and

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date, the church having first been mentioned in documents dating to 1292–1293. It is named for Saint Dwywe ferch Gwallog, a

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; She was born a princess in Yorkshire between 465 and 585,St. Dwywe ferch Gwallog
/ref> but forced to flee from war to family in Wales. She may have been the

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of Saint Dynod Bwr and the mother of Saint

Deiniol Saint Deiniol (died 572) was traditionally the first Bishop of Bangor in the Kingdom of Gwynedd, Wales. The present Bangor Cathedral, dedicated to Deiniol, is said to be on the site where his monastery stood. He is veneration, venerated in Bri ...

(after whom Bangor Cathedral was named) and possibly of Cynwyl, Gwarthan, and

Aneirin Aneirin (), also rendered as Aneurin or Neirin and Aneurin Gwawdrydd, was an early Medieval Brythonic war poet who lived during the 6th century. He is believed to have been a bard or court poet in one of the Cumbric kingdoms of the Hen Ogledd ...

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Grade II* listed churches in Gwynedd Dyffryn Ardudwy {{Wales-church-stub