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Edeyrn
Welsh saint
SaintWalesPre-congregation
Born
600
Died
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unknown
Beatified
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not needed: before formal processes
Canonised
By tradition
recognised before formal processes began
Who they were
Saint Edeyrn (c. 6th century) was a pre-congregational saint of Wales, related to Vortigern and the royal house of Powys and the brother of Saint Aerdeyrn and Elldeyrn. Edeyrn is the patron saint of Lannédern in France and Llanedeyrn in Wales, where he founded a monastery of over 300 people.
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 — 'Edeyrn (7th cent.), son of Nudd, a bard, who embraced a life of sanctity, Patron of Bodedern under Holyhead'; also 'Edeyrn (5th cent.)... established a monastery at a place afterwards called Llanedeyrn, Glamorgan, of wh
- Wikidata Q17479565 — dates, feast day and identifiers (CC0)
- English Wikipedia — Edeyrn (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.