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Clydog
saint
SaintWalesPre-congregation
Feast: 19 August (not on the universal Roman calendar; kept in the Roman Martyrology or local calendars)
Born
800
Died
—
unknown
Beatified
—
not needed: before formal processes
Canonised
By tradition
recognised before formal processes began
Who they were
Clydog (also known as Clydawg, Clodock, Clitaucus, Cleodicus, Cladocus) was a sixth-century Welsh king of Ergyng who became a saint. His feast day is traditionally held on 3 November but is also celebrated on 19 August.
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
- A Menology of England and Wales (R. Stanton), Welsh appendix + Menology proper (3 Nov.) — 'Cledog, Clodog, or Clydog, the same as Clitaucus in Menology (Chal. Suppl. (Clodocus), 3 Nov.)' — the Welsh martyr-king has his own entry in Stanton's Menology at 3 November and in Challoner; the church of Clodock (Here
- Wikidata Q18535514 — dates, feast day and identifiers (CC0)
- English Wikipedia — Clydog (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.