Illtud
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Illtud ( also spelled Illtyd, Eltut, and, in Latin, Hildutus), also known as Illtud Farchog or Illtud the Knight, is venerated as the abbot teacher of the divinity school, Bangor Illtyd, located in Llanilltud Fawr (Llantwit Major) in Glamorgan, Wales. He founded the monastery and college in the 6th century, and the school is believed to be Britain's earliest centre of learning. At its height, it had over a thousand pupils and schooled many of the great saints of the age, such as David, Samson of Dol, and the historian Gildas.
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Key facts
- Saint.honorific_prefix
- Saint
- Saint.name
- Illtud
- Saint.image
- St_Illtyd_in_Holy_Trinity_Church,_Abergavenny.jpg
- Saint.titles
- Illtud Farchog – Illtud the Knight
- Saint.birth_date
- 5th century
- Saint.birth_place
- Ewyas, Wales–England border, Monmouthshire and Herefordshire
- Saint.death_place
- Llantwit Major, Wales
- Saint.venerated_in
- Roman CatholicismAnglican CommunionEastern Orthodoxy
- Saint.major_shrine
- Llanilltud Fawr, Glamorgan Wales, Loc Ildut, Sizun, Pen-ar-Bed/Finisterre, Brittany
- Saint.feast_day
- 6 November
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Wales
- Occupation
- presbyter
- Position held
- abbot
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Student of
- Germanus of Auxerre
- Image
- St Illtyd in Holy Trinity Church, Abergavenny.jpg
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- canonization status
- Catholic saint
- date of birth
- 0480-01-01
- date of death
- 0540-01-01
- Commons category
- Saint Illtud
- feast day
- November 6
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- Hagiography
- Cult and veneration
- Arthurian connections
- References
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Illtud ( also spelled Illtyd, Eltut, and, in Latin, Hildutus), also known as Illtud Farchog or Illtud the Knight, is venerated as the abbot teacher of the divinity school, Bangor Illtyd, located in Llanilltud Fawr (Llantwit Major) in Glamorgan, Wales. He founded the monastery and college in the 6th century, and the school is believed to be Britain's earliest centre of learning. At its height, it had over a thousand pupils and schooled many of the great saints of the age, such as David, Samson of Dol, and the historian Gildas.
==Hagiography== Illtud was popular among the very ancient Celts, but there are few dependable sources about his life story. The earliest mention of Illtud is in the Vita Sancti Sampsonis, written in Dol, Brittany, about 600 AD. According to this account, Illtud was the disciple of Bishop Germanus. While commonly thought to be Germanus of Auxerre, chronological evidence indicates that it was actually Germain of Paris. Furthermore, the 9th Century Life of St. Brioc states that Illtud was educated by Germanus in Paris. According to the Sampson biography, Illtud was the most accomplished of all the Britons, and was well versed in the scriptures of the Old and New Testaments, as well as every type of philosophy, including geometry, rhetoric, grammar, and arithmetic. He was also "gifted with the power of foretelling future events". It appears that he was an educated Briton living shortly after Rome's departure from the West.
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