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Cynllo
British saint
SaintDate unknown
Feast: 8 August (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
Cynllo (Welsh pronunciation: [ˈkənɬɔ]) is a British saint, who lived in the late 5th and early 6th centuries, generally described as a brother of Teilo. Cynllo was known for "...the sanctity of his life and the austerity of his manners."
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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
- Santi e Beati — San Cynllo, re, eremita e fondatore di chiese, Galles centrale, festa 14 luglio — Also in Stanton's Menology of England and Wales, 17 July: 'In Wales, the festival of St. Cynllo', and in the Book of Saints (catholicsaints.info/book-of-saints-cynlio). Churches across Gwerthrynion and Maelienydd are ded
- Wikidata Q3401592 — dates, feast day and identifiers (CC0)
- English Wikipedia — Cynllo (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.