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Cenydd
6c Welsh-Breton saint
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Feast: 5 July (not on the universal Roman calendar; kept in the Roman Martyrology or local calendars)
Born
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unknown
Died
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unknown
Beatified
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not on record
Canonised
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not on record
Who they were
Saint Cenydd (Modern Welsh: Cennydd; French: Kinède; fl. c. 6th century), sometimes anglicised as Saint Kenneth, was a Christian hermit on the Gower Peninsula in Wales, where he is credited with the foundation of the church at Llangennith.
Summary from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0), until this page is written up in full.
The miracles
Limited information is available on this saint so far.
Why that counted as sanctity
Limited information is available on this saint so far.
Sources
- Butler's Lives of the Saints (church of St Cenydd in Gower); Llangennith parish dedication — Butler refers in passing to 'the abandoned church of St Cenydd in Gower'; the parish church of Llangennith on the Gower peninsula is his foundation and dedication, and the village keeps his feast (5 July). A real pre-Ref
- Wikidata Q5063221 — dates, feast day and identifiers (CC0)
- English Wikipedia — Cenydd (CC BY-SA)
Not yet written up in full. The Catholic source above names this person; the name, dates and step come from Wikidata and are not yet checked against Church records.