Saint Gwynllyw

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Saint Gwynllyw is a semi-legendary 5th–6th century Welsh king and later hermit-saint, venerated as the patron saint of Newport and remembered as the father of Saint Cadoc.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Saint Gwynllyw canonical 2

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Christian hermit ⓘ
Welsh king ⓘ
hermit ⓘ
medieval Welsh saint ⓘ
saint ⓘ
associatedWith Newport Cathedral ⓘ
St Woolos Cathedral ⓘ
child Saint Cadoc ⓘ
convertedTo eremitic life ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship Wales ⓘ
culture Welsh ⓘ
describedAs semi-legendary ⓘ
fatherOf Saint Cadoc ⓘ
feastDay March 29 ⓘ
floruit 5th century ⓘ
6th century ⓘ
hasFather Glywys ⓘ
hasPart legendary elements ⓘ
languageOfName Welsh ⓘ
motherInLaw Saint Non ⓘ
Saint Nonita ⓘ
linked to: Saint Non
nameInEnglish Saint Woolos ⓘ
nameVariant Gundleus ⓘ
Gwynllyw ⓘ
Gwynllyw Farfog ⓘ
Gwynllyw Filwr ⓘ
notableWork foundation of a religious cell at Newport ⓘ
occupation hermit ⓘ
king ⓘ
partOf sub-Roman Britain ⓘ
patronSaintOf Newport ⓘ
Newport, Wales ⓘ
placeOfBirth Gwynllwg ⓘ
linked to: Gwynllyw

South Wales ⓘ
placeOfDeath Gwynllwg ⓘ
linked to: Gwynllyw
positionHeld king of Gwynllwg ⓘ
religion Christianity ⓘ
rememberedFor being father of Saint Cadoc ⓘ
founding a church at Newport ⓘ
piety ⓘ
sexOrGender male ⓘ
sibling Cadoc’s unnamed aunts and uncles in Welsh tradition ⓘ
Saint Petroc ⓘ
spouse Gwladys ferch Brychan ⓘ
tradition Celtic Christianity ⓘ
veneratedIn Anglican Communion ⓘ
Eastern Orthodox Church ⓘ
Roman Catholic Church ⓘ
linked to: Roman Catholicism

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Newport Cathedral → dedicatedTo → Saint Gwynllyw ⓘ
St Woolos Cathedral → namedAfter → Saint Gwynllyw ⓘ