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Llŷr Forwen
6c Welsh saint
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Born
600
Died
—
unknown
Beatified
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not needed: before formal processes
Canonised
By tradition
recognised before formal processes began
Who they were
Llŷr Forwen was a female saint of the 6th century.
Summary translated from the Welsh Wikipedia article Llŷr Forwen (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
- Stanton, A Menology of England and Wales, Appendix I — "Llyr, a Virgin... Llanyr, Radnor, and Llanllyr, Cardigan, are dedicated to this Saint" — Llŷr Forwen, 'Llŷr the maiden'.
- Wikidata Q52557168 — 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.