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Rhiangar

Welsh saint, daughter of Brychan

SaintFull write-upPre-congregation
Born
500
Died
—
unknown
Beatified
—
not needed: before formal processes
Canonised
By tradition
recognised before formal processes began

Who they were

Rheingar, or Cyngar, (5th cent.), of family of Brychan, mother of Cynidr, said to have been a Saint at Llech, in Maeliewydd, Radnor.

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.

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Sources

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