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Cynhaiarn

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Eglwys Sant Cynhaiarn St Cynhaearn's Church, Ynyscynhaearn, Gwynedd North Wales 05.JPG

Cynhaiarn was a 5th century Pre-Congregational Saint of Wales, and the brother of Aelhaiarn.[1]

Very little is known of his life, other than he was a prince of the Powysian dynasty descended from Vortigern, king of Britain, and brother of Llwchaiarn and Aelhaiarn.

Cynhaiarn was a cousin and disciple of Saint Beuno, sponsored by Saint Cadfan, and is remembered in the St Cynhaearn's Church, Ynyscynhaearn.

References

  1. ^ Baring-Gould, Sabine & al. The Lives of the British Saints: The Saints of Wales and Cornwall and Such Irish Saints as Have Dedications in Britain, Vol. I, pp. 101 ff. Chas. Clark (London), 1908. Hosted at Archive.org. Accessed 18 November 2014.