Eurgain ach Maelgwn Gwynedd
Welsh saint
Feast: 29 June (not on the universal Roman calendar; kept in the Roman Martyrology or local calendars)
Who they were
Eurgain daughter of Maelgwn Gwynedd was a 6th-century female saint, one of a small number of native female saints of Gwynedd. She married Elidir Mwynfawr, who was killed in battle either against an attack from the north or in a rising against Maelgwn. She was buried on a hillock near Rhuddlan.
Summary translated from the Welsh Wikipedia article Eurgain ach Maelgwn Gwynedd (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.
- The veneration of Saints in Wales (University of Wales) — Church of St Eurgain and St Peter, Northop (Llaneurgain), Flintshire — Northop's Welsh name Llaneurgain is 'the llan of St Eurgain'; the parish church was originally dedicated to her alone and the village kept the Feast of Eurgain (Gwyl Bedr ac Eurgain) from at least the fifteenth century —
- Wikidata Q52083916 — dates, feast day and identifiers (CC0)
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.