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Peithien
6th c. Welsh saint
SaintFull write-upGwyneddPre-congregation
Feast: 30 January (not on the universal Roman calendar; kept in the Roman Martyrology or local calendars)
Born
560
Died
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unknown
Beatified
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not needed: before formal processes
Canonised
By tradition
recognised before formal processes began
Who they were
Peithien, or Peteona, daughter of Caw and sister of Peillan. She settled with her brothers Egrad and Gallgo (Allacus) in Anglesey.
The miracles
There was never a formal cause: she 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) names her in its list of other Welsh saints, many of whom, it says, were probably never in fact honoured as saints.
Connected on this site
Sources
- A Menology of England and Wales (Richard Stanton, 1887), Appendix I B: other Welsh Saints
- Wikidata Q20568444 — dates, feast day and identifiers (CC0)
Checked against the sources listed on 22 September 2026. Corrections welcome.