Cwyllog
6th-century Welsh saint
Feast: 7 January (not on the universal Roman calendar; kept in the Roman Martyrology or local calendars)
Who they were
Saint Cwyllog (or Cywyllog) was a Christian holy woman who was active in Anglesey, Wales, in the early 6th century. The daughter, sister and niece of saints, she is said to have founded St Cwyllog's Church, Llangwyllog, in the middle of Anglesey, where a church is still dedicated to her.
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The miracles
Limited information is available on this saint so far.
Why that counted as sanctity
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Connected on this site
- A Menology of England and Wales (R. Stanton), Welsh appendix — 'CWYLLOG (6th cent.), daughter of Caw, Patroness of Llangwyllog, Anglesea (R. 324, 227)' — a Welsh parish church dedication listed in a Catholic menology. No URL: local corpus file.
- Wikidata Q5197272 — dates, feast day and identifiers (CC0)
- English Wikipedia — Cwyllog (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.