Cadfan

Saint Cadfan ( Latin Catamanus , also Anglicised Gideon ) is one of the locally venerated saints of Wales and is said to have lived in the 6th century. He was the founder and first abbot of Tywyn where the Church is consecrated and also lived on Bardsey Island . Both places belong to Gwynedd , Wales. Legend has it that he received Bardsey from King Einion Frenin of Llŷn around 516 and lived there as an abbot until around 542.

Life

Most of the information about Cadfan comes from the 12th century Gaelic poem ( Awdl ) by Llywelyn the Bard . According to this report, he sailed from Brittany to Tywyn in the company of 12 other saints . According to other reports, he was from Llanilltud Fawr .

He was a Breton nobleman, the son of Eneas Ledewig (Aeneas of Bretagne) and Gwen Teirbron (Gwen with the three breasts), the daughter of Budic II of Armorica (Bretagne). He traveled to Britain with the children of Ithel Hael o Lydaw (Brittany): Baglan , Flewyn , Gredifael , Tanwg , Twrog , Tegai , Trillo , Tecwyn and Llechid . He is also associated with Maël and Ilar . Wade-Evans believed that Kentinlau , who accompanied Cadfan to Ceredigion , could have been Cynllo .

legacy

At Llangadfan in Powys he founded a church before moving to Bardsey. He also founded a convent house ( clas ) at Tywyn (the first clas in Wales). The community became a prosperous monastery and was looked after by an abbot and several clergymen from 1147 to 1291. It was the mother church of the Cantref of Meirionnydd south of the River Dysynni .

Its festival is on November 1st.

Individual evidence

↑ Chris Barber, David Pykitt: Journey to Avalon: the final discovery of King Arthur . Weiser Books, November 1, 1997, ISBN 978-1-57863-024-0 , p. 265 (accessed April 22, 2011).
^ Sabine Baring-Gould, John Fisher: The Lives of the British Saints: The Saints of Wales and Cornwall and Such Irish Saints as Have Dedications in Britain , Volume 2, CJ Clark, 1908: 9.
↑ Enwogion Cymru A Biographical Dictionary of Eminent Welshmen, from the Earliest Times to the Present, and Including Every Name Connected with the Ancient History of Wales By Robert Williams, Llandovery, 1852. [1]
^ Sabine Baring-Gould, John Fisher: The Lives of the British Saints: The Saints of Wales, Cornwall and Irish Saints. Honorable Society of Cymmrodorion (London, England) Edition: illustrated Published by Kessinger Publishing, 2005, ISBN 0-7661-8767-5 . [2]
^ AW Wade-Evans: Vitae Sanctorum Britanniae et Genealogiae. 1944.

literature

Biography from the Dictionary of Welsh Biography
The Welsh Academy Encyclopaedia of Wales , University of Wales Press, 2008. ISBN 978-0-7083-1953-6

Web links

catholic.org

personal data
SURNAME	Cadfan
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Catamanus, Gideon
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Saint
DATE OF BIRTH	6th century
DATE OF DEATH	6th century
Place of death	Wales

[BarberPykitt1997-1] Chris Barber, David Pykitt: Journey to Avalon: the final discovery of King Arthur . Weiser Books, November 1, 1997, ISBN 978-1-57863-024-0 , p. 265 (accessed April 22, 2011).

[2] Sabine Baring-Gould, John Fisher: The Lives of the British Saints: The Saints of Wales and Cornwall and Such Irish Saints as Have Dedications in Britain , Volume 2, CJ Clark, 1908: 9.

[3] Enwogion Cymru A Biographical Dictionary of Eminent Welshmen, from the Earliest Times to the Present, and Including Every Name Connected with the Ancient History of Wales By Robert Williams, Llandovery, 1852. [1]

[4] Sabine Baring-Gould, John Fisher: The Lives of the British Saints: The Saints of Wales, Cornwall and Irish Saints. Honorable Society of Cymmrodorion (London, England) Edition: illustrated Published by Kessinger Publishing, 2005, ISBN 0-7661-8767-5 . [2]

[5] AW Wade-Evans: Vitae Sanctorum Britanniae et Genealogiae. 1944.