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Tyfaelog
early Welsh saint
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Feast: 26 February (not on the universal Roman calendar; kept in the Roman Martyrology or local calendars)
Born
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unknown
Died
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unknown
Beatified
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not on record
Canonised
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not on record
Who they were
Tyfaelog was a 6th-century saint of Wales. The saint is connected to a small area near Brecon south Powys where there are two churches: Llandyfaelog Tre'r-graig and Llandyfaelog Fach.
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), list of Welsh patron saints — 'Maelog, or Meileg (6th cent.), brother of Gildas, Patron of two parishes called Llandefaelog, Brecon, and another in Carmarthen; also of Llanfaelog [Anglesey]' — Ty- is the Welsh honorific prefix, so Tyfaelog is this sa
- Wikidata Q13132101 — dates, feast day and identifiers (CC0)
- English Wikipedia — Tyfaelog (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.