Paulinus
Welsh 5c saint
Feast: 22 November (not on the universal Roman calendar; kept in the Roman Martyrology or local calendars)
Who they were
Paul Hen, or Paulinus (5th or 6th cent.), a North Briton, member of Monastery of St. Illtutus, founded Monastery at Whitland, Carmarthen, whither St. David, St. Teilo, and others, resorted for instruction from him. He is said to have been at the Synod of Brefi, A.D. 519, Patron of Llangor, Brecon, and of Capel Paulin, in Llandewi Brefi, Carmarthen.
The miracles
There was never a formal cause: he has been honoured as a saint since before the Church's formal processes began.
Why that counted as sanctity
Stanton's Menology of England and Wales (1887) lists him among the Welsh saints to whom churches are dedicated.
Connected on this site
- Gwenfaen Saint Child
- A Menology of England and Wales (Richard Stanton, 1887), Appendix I A: Welsh Saints to whom Churches are dedicated
- Wikidata Q2605207 — dates, feast day and identifiers (CC0)
Checked against the sources listed on 22 September 2026. Corrections welcome.