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Cawrdaf
Est 505 -
SaintFull write-upPre-congregation
Feast: 5 December (not on the universal Roman calendar; kept in the Roman Martyrology or local calendars)
Born
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unknown
Died
600
Beatified
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not needed: before formal processes
Canonised
By tradition
recognised before formal processes began
Who they were
Cawrdaf (6th cent.), Prince of Breconshire, afterwards Monk, Patron of Llangred, Anglesey, and Abererch, Carmarthen.
The miracles
There was never a formal cause: he has been honoured as a saint since before the Church's formal processes began.
Why that counted as sanctity
Stanton's Menology of England and Wales (1887) lists him among the Welsh saints to whom churches are dedicated.
Connected on this site
Sources
- A Menology of England and Wales (Richard Stanton, 1887), Appendix I A: Welsh Saints to whom Churches are dedicated
- Wikidata Q16859956 — dates, feast day and identifiers (CC0)
Checked against the sources listed on 22 September 2026. Corrections welcome.