Tanwg
6th-century Welsh saint
Feast: 10 October (not on the universal Roman calendar; kept in the Roman Martyrology or local calendars)
Who they were
Saint Tanwg is the patron saint of Llandanwg, Gwynedd, Wales. He is presumed to be the founder of St Tanwg's Church, the small church at Llandanwg near Harlech, although the presence of an inscribed stone which has been dated to the 5th century suggests the church was already in existence when Tanwg and his brothers arrived in the area early in the 6th century. This Llandanwg Stone is inscribed with two names, one being Ingenui (meaning 'of Ingenuus'); the other is indecipherable. The stone is not local. It is thought to have come from the Wicklow Hills in Ireland. This means that it was probably brought over by a rich person.
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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.
Connected on this site
- Gredifael Saint Brother or sister
- Saint Flewyn Saint Brother or sister, Parent
- Stanton, A Menology of England and Wales — Appendix I — 'Tanwg (6th cent.), an Armorican, Patron of Llandanwg, Merioneth... He appears to be the same as Tanancus, in some Calendars (Chal. Suppl. (Tanoc), 4 Sep.)'.
- Wikidata Q7683954 — dates, feast day and identifiers (CC0)
- English Wikipedia — Tanwg (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.