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Also known as Tudful, Tudful ach Brychan, St Tudful, St Tudfil

Saint Tydfil (Welsh: Tudful; martyred ) is the legendary dedicatee of Merthyr Tydfil, Wales. The old parish church of St Tydfil, Merthyr Tydfil, is dedicated to her and is reputed to be the site of her death.

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Instance of
human
Gender
female
Place of birth
Brecon
Place of death
Merthyr Tydfil
Languages spoken
English language
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Llandaf, yr eglwys gadeiriol Llandaf Cathedral De Cymru South Wales 98.png
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date of death
0480-00-00
feast day
August 23
canonization status
saint
name in native language
Tudful
domain of saint or deity
Merthyr Tydfil

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Saint Tydfil (Welsh: Tudful; martyred ) is the legendary dedicatee of Merthyr Tydfil, Wales. The old parish church of St Tydfil, Merthyr Tydfil, is dedicated to her and is reputed to be the site of her death.

According to legend, Tydfil was the twenty-third daughter of Brychan, king of Brycheiniog, by his fourth wife. Tydfil was murdered with her brother Rhun in Merthyr Tydfil, by either Welsh pagans or Anglo-Saxon pagans, and buried in the town. No trace remains of her holy well Ffynnon Dydfil, which is thought to have been near the southern end of Well Street in Merthyr Tydfil. The daughter church of St Tydfil's Well is in the area of Merthyr Tydfil known as 'The Quar' (quarry).

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Tydfil” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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