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Rhidian
5-6th c. Welsh saint
SaintPre-congregation
Born
500
Died
—
unknown
Beatified
—
not needed: before formal processes
Canonised
By tradition
recognised before formal processes began
Who they were
Rhidian was a 6th-century Welsh Pre-congregational Saint who is often associated with St Illtyd.
Summary from Wikipedia (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 (Catholic, imprimatur), Appendix I — Welsh patron saints — 'Rhidian, of the College of Cenwydd, Patron of Llanrhidian, Glamorgan (R. 337, 309).' A real medieval Welsh parish veneration — he is patron of Llanrhidian on Gower and was trained in St Cenydd's clas. No URL held; local file
- Wikidata Q13131020 — dates, feast day and identifiers (CC0)
- English Wikipedia — Rhidian (CC BY-SA)
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.