its issue may be inferred from the fact, that the earliest notice* of these districts subsequently, exhibits them included in the diocese of St. David's and Hereford, in the state they are found at present. The grant contains the names of one or two chapels, which must have been erected after the institution of parishes, and therefore at a later period than the era of Teilo. But as the bishops of St. David's were not likely to consecrate such edifices to the memory of a saint whose name implied subjection to the rival see; it may be gathered that the bishops of Llandaff had, upon some occasion, obtained a transient ascendancy before the time of Rhydderch. This appears to have been the case about the end of the eighth century, when Maredudd was king of Dyfed or Dimetia ;t for it is recorded that he gave six churches to Llandaff in the time of Guodloiu, its eleventh bishop.‡ Teilo lived to an advanced age, and most of the churches which perpetuate his name must have been founded by him after he succeeded to the honours of Cynog; but the account, which asserts that he was living at the time St. Augustin visited Britain, can hardly be admitted.§ It is said that he died at Llandeilo Fawr, and the following legend is related respecting his body. Three places put in their claims for the honour of his interment; Llandaff, where he had been bishop; Llandeilo Fawr, where he died; and Penalun,|| where his ancestors had been buried. The dispute was not likely to be settled, when, by a miracle, three bodies appeared in the room of one, so like that the real one could not be distinguished! It was therefore agreed to bury one body at each of the three * The Taxation of Pope Nicholas. † Obiit A. D. 796. Welsh Chronicles. Godwin; who says that Maredudd was a son of Rein, king of West Wales. § Usher, p. 1155. | Penaly near Tenby. aces, trusting to the chance which of them might be the idenal corpse of the saint!!* He was commemorated on the nth of February, and has been recorded in the Triads as one the three canonized saints of Britain; the two others were ewi and Cattwg. Mabon, the brother of Teilo, called also Mabon Wyn and abon Hên, was a saint; and Llanfabon, a chapel subject to glwys Ilan near Llandaff, is dedicated to him. It is worthy remark that in the parish of Llandeilo Fawr, there are two nors, the one called Maenor Deilo, and the other Maenor bon; affording an example of the mode in which names of aces frequently bear reference to historical associations. It would appear that Teilo encouraged the poetic genius of countrymen. Gwrhir, one of his bards, was a saint and e founder of Llysfaen, Glamorganshire. Ysty ffan, another of the bards of Teilo, was the son of Mawab Cyngen ab Cadell. He was the founder of Llanstyffan, armarthenshire, and Llansty ffan, in the county of Radnor; th of which churches have others attributed to Teilo in the rishes adjoining. A collection of stanzas, composed by m, is inserted in the third volume of the Myvyrian Archaiogy. According to the "Life of St. Oudoceus,"§ Budic, a native Cornugallia in Armorica, and related to its chieftains, was rced to leave his country; and putting to sea with a fleet, he "Howbeit by diuers miracles done at the place of his buriall at Llanfe, it appeareth that there the true body lyeth."-Godwin, from the iber Landavensis. + Page 207. Llandeilo Abercywyn, Carmarthenshire, and Llandeilo Graban, Radorshire; which would imply that their association is due to the friendhip of their founders. Quoted by Usher p. 561, from the Regestum Landavense. The names Budic" and "Anaumed" are here given in their Latin orthography, as bey have not been seen in any Welsh writer. was probably of no greater extent than a "Cantref," or "Hundred," in any other part of Wales. This district had been divided between two chieftains, of the names of Seithenyn and Gwyddno, whose children, in consequence of the loss of their inheritance, were induced to embrace a religious life. The sons of Seithenyn, who were all of them, except Arwystli Gloff, members of the college of Dunawd at Bangor Iscoed, were the following: -: Gwynod ab Seithenyn, the founder of Llangwynodl, Carnarvonshire. Festival, Jan. 1. Merin, or Merini ab Seithenyn; presumed to be the founder of Llanferin, or Llanfetherin, Monmouthshire. Bodferin, the signification of which implies the place of his residence, is the name of a chapel under Llaniestin, Carnarvonshire. Festival, Jan. 6. Senefyr, or Senewyr ab Seithenyn, a saint. Tudno ab Seithenyn, the founder of Llandudno, Carnarvonshire; his commemoration occurs on the fifth of June. Tyneio ab Seithenyn; Deneio, or Pwllheli, a chapel under Llanfor, Carnarvonshire, is supposed to be named after him.* Arwystli Gloff ab Seithenyn, was an inmate of the monastery of Bardsey, and is said to have been the founder of a church, but its situation is not known. Elffin, the only son of Gwyddno whose name is preserved, was a saint of the college of Illtyd. A story, which, however, is confessedly a fable, relates that Gwyddno had a fishing wear on the sands between the Dovey and Aberystwyth, the annual profits of which were very considerable. But Elffin was the most unlucky of men and nothing prospered in his hands, insomuch that his father was grieved at his ill successes, and feared that he was born in an evil hour: wishing, however, to * Myv. Archaiology, Vol. II. pp. 30, 55. give the fortunes of his son a further trial, he agreed to allow him the profits of the wear for one whole year. On the morrow, Elffin visited the wear, and found nothing, except a leathern bag fastened to one of the poles, He was immediately upbraided for his ill luck by his companions, for he had ruined the good fortune of the wear, which before was wont to produce the value of a hundred pounds on May eve. Nay, replied Elffin, there may yet be here an equivalent for the value of a hundred pounds. The bag was opened, and the face of a child appearing from within, "What a noble forehead," exclaimed the opener. "Taliesin be his name," rejoined Elffin, and commiserating the hard fate of the infant exposed to the mercies of the sea, he took it in his arms, and mounting his steed, conveyed it to his wife, by whom it was nursed tenderly and affectionately: from that time forward, his wealth increased every day.—Such is the story of the discovery of the chief bard of Wales, committed by his mother to the chances of the tide, and saved in the manner described. In return for the kindness of his benefactor, adds the tale, he composed, while a child, his poem, entitled the "Consolation. of Elffin," rousing him from the contemplation of his disappointments and cheering with the prospect of blessings which still awaited him; and afterwards when Elffin was imprisoned in the castle of Dyganwy by Maelgwn Gwynedd, Taliesin, through the influence of his song, procured his release.† The children of Pawl Hên, or Paulinus, of Ty-gwyn ar Daf, were:-Peulan, the founder of Llanbeulan, Anglesey; Gwyngeneu, to whom Capel Gwyngeneu under Holyhead was dedicated; and Gwenfaen, a daughter, who was the foundress of Rhoscolyn, Anglesey. The festival of St. Gwenfaen is Nov. 5. * Admirable phrenologists;-the English reader must understand that "noble forehead" is the translation of " Tàl-iesin." From the Mabinogion or Welsh Romances;-Cambrian Quarterly Magazine, Vol. V. and Myv. Archaiology, Vol. I. The only saint of the family of Brychan, who belongs to this generation, is Nefydd, a son of Nefydd Ail ab Rhun Dremrudd. About this period lived Tegfan, the son of Carcludwys of the line of Cadrod Calchfynydd, and though the number of generations between him and his ancestor exceeds the usual allowance for the interval of time, it does not exceed the bounds of probability. He was the brother of Gallgu Rhieddog, and is said to have been the founder of Llandegfan, Anglesey. According to Achau y Saint; Teon, and Tegonwy ab Teon, were members of the college of Illtyd; but the statement cannot be admitted without incurring a great anachronism, if it be true that Iorwerth Hirflawdd, a son of Tegonwy, married one of the daughters of Brychan. The mistake seems to have arisen from confounding Teon, who stands at the head of a long pedigree of Welsh chieftains,* with Teon, who, according to Geoffrey of Monmouth, was bishop of Gloucester about A. D. 542, when he was translated to the archbishoprick of London; but, unfortunately for Geoffrey, London was in the possession of the Saxons before the year 542. Bedwini, another bishop mentioned in the Welsh accounts, is said to have been the primate of Cornwall in the time of Arthur, and to have resided at a place called Celliwîg. Stinan, or Justinian, according to his Life by John of Teignmouth, was born of noble parentage in Lesser Brittany; and having spent his youth in the study of learning, he received the order of priesthood, and was, by a divine oracle, commanded to leave his country. After wandering for a while, he came to the coast of Wales, and landed in a certain island called "Lemeney," where he led a religious life in company with Honorius, the son of king Thefriaucus. Cressy says: * It would appear, from the dates of his descendants, that he flourished about A. D. 400. |