Pabo Post Prydain
king in sub-Roman Britain
Feast: 9 November (not on the universal Roman calendar; kept in the Roman Martyrology or local calendars)
Who they were
Pabo Post Prydain (supp. fl. before 500) was a king from the Hen Ogledd or Old North of sub-Roman Britain. According to tradition Pabo "the Pillar of Britain" was driven out of the North in 460 and settled in Anglesey. He is said to have been buried in the area. From the 14th century at least, when a stone cross was erected in the ruler's memory in the abbey's churchyard, Pabo has been identified as its founder, having retired, as many Welsh kings are said to have done, to a heremitic retreat.
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The miracles
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Why that counted as sanctity
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Connected on this site
- Dunod Fawr Saint Child“Dynod was a son of Pabo Post Prydain and is thought to have succeeded to his kingdom.” — Wikipedia
- Gwenaseth ach Rhufon Saint“Gwenaseth (5th cent.), wife of Pabo Post Prydain, a Saint.” — this site's research
- Santi e Beati — San Pabo, Confessore; Stanton's Menology — "San Pabo, Confessore, festa 9 novembre"; Stanton: "Pabo post Brydain (5th cent.)... a North British chieftain... retired to Wales".
- Wikidata Q2253832 — dates, feast day and identifiers (CC0)
- English Wikipedia — Pabo Post Prydain (CC BY-SA)
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