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Gwrddelw

6c Welsh saint

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Feast: 1 November (not on the universal Roman calendar; kept in the Roman Martyrology or local calendars)

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not on record
Canonised
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not on record

Who they were

Saint Gwrddlew or Gwrtheli, Gartheli, was a pre-congregational saint of 5th century medieval Wales.

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
  • santiebeati.it — San Gwrddelw — 6th-c. Welsh saint, son of Caw, patron of the chapel of Gartheli. santiebeati gives feast 7 January where Wikidata gives 1 November; same person.
  • Wikidata Q17479587 — dates, feast day and identifiers (CC0)
  • English Wikipedia — Gwrddelw (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.

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