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Gwynllyw
Welsh sovereign (c. 450-500)
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Feast: 29 March (not on the universal Roman calendar; kept in the Roman Martyrology or local calendars)
Born
500
Died
520
Beatified
—
not needed: before formal processes
Canonised
By tradition
recognised before formal processes began
Who they were
Gwynllyw Filwr or Gwynllyw Farfog (Welsh pronunciation: [ˈɡwɪnɬɪu]), known in English in a corrupted form as Woolos the Warrior or Woolos the Bearded (Latin: Gundleus, Gundleius or Gwenleue; c. 450 – 500 A.D.) was a Welsh king and religious figure.
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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.
Connected on this site
- Cadoc Saint Child
- Cynidr Saint Child
- Gwladys Saint Spouse
- Maches Saint Child
- Saint Petroc Saint Brother or sister
Sources
- Santi e Beati - San Gwynllyw (Gundleius) — santiebeati 'San Gwynllyw (Gundleius), Re del Galles, VI sec., festa 29 marzo' - feast matches. Butler's Lives has 'SS. GUNDLEUS and GWLADYS (Sixth Century): Gundleus, the Latin form of Gwynllyw (now corrupted to Woolo)'
- Wikidata Q1063350 — dates, feast day and identifiers (CC0)
- English Wikipedia — Gwynllyw (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.