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Cyngar ap Geraint
Welsh hermit; Cyngar of Llangefni
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Feast: 7 November (not on the universal Roman calendar; kept in the Roman Martyrology or local calendars)
Born
490
Died
501
Beatified
—
not needed: before formal processes
Canonised
By tradition
recognised before formal processes began
Who they were
Saint Cyngar was a 5th-century Welsh Saint. He is the Patron Saint of Llangefni, Anglesey, in Wales, and a founding member of St. Cybi's Monastery at Holyhead, Anglesey.
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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, 7 November: 'St Cungar, Abbot' — 'ST CUNGAR, Abbot (Sixth Century). There is very little satisfactory information to be found about St Cungar (Congar, Cyngar), but it is desirable to mention him here as his feast is observed today in the diocese of Clif
- Wikidata Q17479540 — dates, feast day and identifiers (CC0)
- English Wikipedia — Cyngar of Llangefni (CC BY-SA)
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