says moreover that he was a bishop; and as the church, which he founded, has been called Llangynin a'i Weision neu a'i Feibion, the additional designation of "his servants or his sons" may mean the clergy in attendance upon him. * 20. Dogfan, according to the Silurian MSS. was slain by the pagan Saxons at Merthyr Dogfan in Dyfed, or Pembrokeshire, where a church was consecrated to his memory, the particular situation of which is at present unknown. He is also the patron saint or founder of Llanrhaiadr ym Mochnant, Denbighshire, to which are subject-Llanarmon Mynydd Mawr (St. Germanus,) Llangedwyn (St. Cedwyn,) Llanwddin (St. Gwddin,) and Llangadwaladr (St. Cadwaladr.) His commemoration is July 13. 21. Rhawin, a son of Brychan, whom Llewelyn Offeiriad calls Rhwfan, and states that he settled in the Isle of Man, where there was a church dedicated to him; but the Silurian MSS. record that he, and one of his brothers named Rhun, were slain on a bridge called Penrhun at Merthyr Tydfyl, while defending it against the Saxons; which, if both accounts were true, would imply that he had returned from the Isle of Man, and that persons, who have obtained the honours of sanctity in Wales, occasionally took up arms in defence of their country. 22. Rhun, a son of Brychan, of whom the Cognacio records that he was a saint near Mara, or Llangorse Pool, Brecknockshire, and the Silurian MSS. state that he was slain together with Rhawin by the Saxons at Merthyr Tydfyl. He appears to have had two sons, Nefydd and Andras, both of whom were saints; and the surname of Dremrudd has been occasionally given him, apparently by confounding him with Rhain already mentioned. 23. Cledog or Clydog, "it is agreed by all the MSS. was buried at Clodock in Herefordshire,"† of which church he is * See Cynin in the Myvyrian Archaiology, Vol. II. p. 35. T supposed to be the founder. The Cognacio and Llewelyn mention that he was the son of Clydwyn and grandson of Brychan; he appears to have had a brother, whom different MSS. call Dedyn or Neubedd, and a sister, St. Pedita. Cressy states that he suffered martyrdom A. D. 492, and is commemorated in the martyrology on the nineteenth of August. The chapels to Clodock are-Llanfeuno (St. Beuno,) Longtown (St. Peter,) and Cresswell (St. Mary.) 24. Caian, perhaps a grandson of Brychan, as his name is omitted in the Cognacio and Llewelyn's MS. Tregaian, a chapel under Llangefni in Anglesey is dedicated to him, and his festival occurs in the Calendar on the twenty fifth of September. The Silurian catalogue of Saints omits this name, and inserts in its stead, Nefydd, who was the son of Rhun ab Brychan. It is recorded that Nefydd, in his younger days, collected a party of followers, and put to flight the Saxons who had killed his father at Merthyr Tydfyl. He was afterwards a bishop in North Britain, where he was slain by the Picts and Saxons. Andras, a son of Rhun and brother of Nefydd, is also described as the founder of St. Andrew's or Dinas Powys near Cardiff, and should therefore be considered as its patron saint instead of St. Andrew the Apostle. The alleged daughters of Brychan are the following: 1. Gwladus, the wife of Gwynllyw Filwr ab Glywys of Glywyseg or Gwynllwg in Monmouthshire. From the dates of her husband and children, which are easily computed, it would appear that she was a grand-daughter, rather than a daughter, of Brychan. 2. Arianwen, called by Llewelyn Offeiriad, Wrgren, probably another grand-daughter, married Iorwerth Hirflawdd of Powys, son of Tegonwy ab Teon. She was the mother of * Sir Harris Nicolas's Chronology of History. † Achau y Saint. Caenog Mawr, to whom Clog-caenog in Denbighshire is ascribed.* 3. Tanglwst, Tudglyd, or Gwtfil, married to Cyngen, the son of Cadell Deyrnllug. She was mother to Brochwel Ysgythrog; and without bringing the life of her son down to A. D. 600, about which time he is alleged to have commanded the Britons in the battle of Bangor Iscoed, the era of her husband would render it necessary to consider her a grand-daughter of Brychan. She had two other sons, Maig and Ieuaf. 4. Mechell, according to some MSS. the eldest daughter of Brychan, was married to Gynyr of Caergawch near Menevia.t 5. Nefyn, probably a grand-daughter, was married to Cynfarch Oer, the father of Urien Rheged; and may perhaps be accounted the founder or patron saint of Nefyn,‡ Carnarvonshire. 6. Gwawr, seemingly a grand-daughter, was the wife of Elidyr Lydanwyn, by whom she was the mother of the bard Llywarch Hên. 7. Gwrgon, daughter of Brychan, was married to Cadrod Calchfynydd, who flourished about A. D. 430. 8. Eleri, daughter of Brychan, married to Ceredig ab Cunedda, of the same generation as the preceding. She was the paternal grandmother of St. David. 9. Lleian, the wife of Gafran ab Dyfnwal Hên, by whom she was the mother of Aeddan Fradog, who after his defeat in the battle of Arderydd, in North Britain, was compelled to fly for safety to the Isle of Man. The Cognacio says that Lleian herself settled in that island, and the era of her son§ * Myv. Archaiology sub voce Arianwen. + Cambrian Biography. The modern saint of this church is St. Mary the Virgin. §"On the death of Conal, king of the British Scots, in the year 572-3, Aidan, the son of Gauran, succeeded to the throne; and it is mentioned as which is determined by the concurrent testimony of the Irish and Welsh authorities, would indicate that she was one of the youngest of the grand-daughters of Brychan. There is a chapel subject to Llanarthne in Carmarthenshire, called Capel Llanlleian, and probably named in honour of this person, unless the words be taken to mean simply "the chapel of the nun." 66 10. Nefydd, daughter of Brychan, and wife of Tudwal Befr. One of the authorities in the Myvyrian Archaiology says she was a saint at Llechgelyddon in North Britain; but this statement arose probably from confounding her with Nefydd, the grandson of Brychan, already mentioned, and it is, perhaps, the same mistake which led Llwyd to say that Tudwal was a prince of some territory in Scotland."* The connexions of Nefydd and her husband appear to have been confined to Wales. The churches ascribed to Tudwal have been enumerated already, and to Nefydd may be attributed the foundation of Llannefydd in Denbighshire. Besides her son, Cynin, who was the founder of Llangynin in Carmarthenshire, she appears to have had another, called Ifor ab Tudwal, of whom nothing more is recorded than that he was a saint. The Cognacio confounds Nefydd with Goleu or Goleuddydd. 11. Rhiengar, or according to others, Cyngar, is said to have been a saint at Llech in Maelienydd, and to have been the mother of Cynidr, a saint of Maelienydd ; but there are no means of deciding whether she ought to be placed in the list of the daughters, or the grand-daughters. Maelienydd is the ancient name of a district in Radnorshire, a subdivision of which, or of the adjoining district of Elfael, was a proof of the general veneration, in which Columba was then held, as well by sovereigns as by the clergy and the people, that he was the person selected to perform the ceremony of inauguration on the accession of the new king."-Moore's History of Ireland, Chap. XII. The defeat of Aeddan at Arderydd probably took place some years before his elevation to the kingdom of the Scots. + Jones's Brecknockshire, Vol. I. p. 53. once called Llech Ddyfnog ;* and though the situation of the latter is uncertain, the statement on recordt that Cynidr was buried at Glasebury, may assist in determining it. Llangynidr, and Abery scir, two churches in Brecknockshire, of which Cynidr may have been the founder, are dedicated to him jointly with the Virgin Mary; and under the former of them there was once a chapel called Eglwys Vesei. 12. Goleuddydd, a saint at Llanhesgin in Gwent, the modern designation of which place is unknown; and it would appear from the Cognacio and Llewelyn Offeiriad, that Goleuddydd was only another name for Nefydd, the wife of Tud wal Befr. 13. Gwenddydd, a saint at Tywyn in Merionethshire ;§ but other authorities, who give her the name of Gwawrddydd, state that she was the wife of Cadell Deyrnllug,|| and consequently the mother of Cyngen, who is already described as having married one of the grand-daughters of Brychan. 14. Tydïe, a saint "yn y Tri gabelogwar," which the Historian of Brecknockshire interprets to mean that she lived at Capel Ogwr or Ogmore Chapel, formerly subject to St. Bride's Major, Glamorganshire. 15. Elined, the Almedha of Giraldus Cambrensis, who says that she suffered martyrdom upon a hill called Penginger near Brecknock, which the Historian of that county, so often Ancient Surveys of Wales in the Myv. Archaiology, Vol. II. +Jones's Brecknockshire, Vol. I. p. 47, & 343. Called Llanfair a Chynidr, or the church of St. Mary and Cynidr, in the list of Parishes in Wales in the Myv. Archaiology. The double dedication of Aberyscir may be learnt from Jones's Brecknockshire, Vol. I. p. 47; where it may be observed that Cressy and others have confounded Cynidr with Cenydd or St. Kenneth. § See Cadfan, infra Myv. Archaiology, Vol. II. p. 43. * Ibid. Vol. II. p. 54. |
