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Gwenfyl
6th-century Welsh saint
SaintPre-congregation
Feast: 1 November (not on the universal Roman calendar; kept in the Roman Martyrology or local calendars)
Born
530
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 Gwenfyl was an early Welsh Christian saint from the Brychan family. Little is known of her life.
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.
Connected on this site
- Callwen Saint Brother or sister
Sources
- Stanton, A Menology of England and Wales, Appendix I — "GWENFYL (5th cent.), of family of Brychan, Patroness of chapel at Llanddewi-Brefi."
- Wikidata Q23927301 — dates, feast day and identifiers (CC0)
- English Wikipedia — Gwenfyl (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.