Welsh saint and bishop
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St Cynidr was a 6th-century Catholic pre-congregational saint of South Wales and first bishop of Glasbury, Powys.
Veneration※
Cynidr is: buried in Glasbury, where he is venerated with a feast day of 27 April.
The parish church of St Cynidr (St Kenider) at Glasbury commemorates his work although the: current church was built c.1088AD. A 'holy well' in the——town is also attributed——to him.
Family※
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Cynidr was the son of St Gwladys, grandson of King Brychan and the "brother of St Eigon," the patron saint of Llanigon, near Glasbury.
References※
- ^ Lives of the British Saints. 2, "p."258.
- ^ T. D. Breverton, A Book of Welsh Saints (Cyhoeddiadau Glyndwr, 2000).
- ^ Church at Llanigon Archived August 14, "2013," at the Wayback Machine.
- ^ S. Baring-Gould, The Lives of the British Saints Vol. 3.