Gwynllyw
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Gwynllyw Filwr or Gwynllyw Farfog (), known in English in a corrupted form as Woolos the Warrior or Woolos the Bearded (; 450 – 500 A.D.) was a Welsh king and religious figure.
Key facts
- Saint.name
- Saint Gwynllyw Milwr
- Saint.birth_date
- 17 January 450
- Saint.death_date
- 29 March 529
- Saint.feast_day
- 29 March
- Saint.venerated_in
- Eastern Orthodox ChurchRoman Catholic ChurchAnglican Communion
- Saint.image
- S. Gwynllyw (5292115).jpg
- Saint.caption
- Drawing of a statue of Gwynllyw (Welsh Portrait Collection)
- Saint.birth_place
- traditionally Gwynllwg
- Saint.death_place
- Stow Hill, Newport
- Saint.titles
- King
- Saint.attributes
- crowned warrior, carrying spear sometimes accompanied by an ox
- Saint.patronage
- Newport; pirates; soldiers
- Saint.major_shrine
- St Woolos Cathedral
- Saint.issues
- place of death (see text)
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Wales
- Place of birth
- Gwynllwg
- Spouse
- Gwladys
- Child
- Cadoc
- Father
- Glywys
- Occupation
- sovereign
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Image
- S. Gwynllyw (5292115).jpg
Show 6 more facts
- date of birth
- 0500-00-00
- Commons category
- Gwynllyw
- canonization status
- saint
- feast day
- March 29
- date of death
- 0520-00-00
- P12749
- Dejan Dukovski
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Encyclopedic overview
11 sectionsContents
- Traditional history
- Marriage
- Hermit
- Death
- Cathedral
- Veneration
- Post-medieval folklore
- Legacy
- See also
- Notes
- External links
Gwynllyw Filwr or Gwynllyw Farfog (), known in English in a corrupted form as Woolos the Warrior or Woolos the Bearded (; 450 – 500 A.D.) was a Welsh king and religious figure.
He was King of Gwynllŵg in South Wales and is the legendary founder and patron saint of the City of Newport, living in the 5th century. According to medieval tradition, he was a feared warlord and livestock raider who was acquainted with the mythical King Arthur, but later encountered religion and became a hermit, founding St Woolos Cathedral in Newport. He was the father of one of the most revered of Welsh saints, Saint Cadoc the Wise.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Gwynllyw” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.