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BREEZE, EVAN (1798 - 1855), poet Born at Dôl Hywel in the parish of Llangadfan, Montgomeryshire, a grandson of William Jones (1726 - 1795), of that place, who in his day was well-known as a scholar. During the greater part of his life he was a schoolmaster. He was also a local preacher with the Wesleyans. His bardic name was Ieuan Cadfan. He published two volumes of poems - mainly carols and poems on religious themes. One of
CADFAN (fl. 550?), saint Meironnydd, which had an abbot as late as 1147 and was served by a group of clerics in 1291. Its wealth and privileges are celebrated about 1240 by Llywelyn Fardd in ' Canu i Gadfan,' and it was the mother church of all Meirionnydd south of the Dysynni. The much discussed ' Stone of S. Cadfan,' despite its present name, bears no reference to the saint.
CADFAN, prince
CADFAN - gweler WILLIAMS, HUGH
CADFAN GWYNEDD - gweler HUGHES, HUGH
CADWALADR (bu farw 1172), prince up his share of Ceredigion, with his new castle of Llanrhystud, to his son Cadfan. Finally, there was in 1152 a fresh quarrel with Owain, which led to his expulsion from Anglesey and a five years exile in England. His English connections now stood him in good stead. It is known that he attested, as 'Welsh,' or 'North Welsh King,' charters executed by earl Randolph in favour of the abbeys of Chester
CADWALADR (bu farw 664), prince He was the son of Cadwallon ap Cadfan. On his father's death in 633, Gwynedd fell under the power of an adventurer, Cadafael ap Cynfedw, whose rule seems to have ended with his ignominious retreat from the battlefield of Winwed Field in 654. Cadwaladr then came to his own, but fell a victim to the great pestilence of 664. Uneventful as was his reign, he became a great figure in later bardic lore
CADWALLON (bu farw 633), prince The son of Cadfan and succeeded his father about 625. Owing to the part played by him in English affairs, as narrated by Bede, his historical role is open to no doubt. He was the opponent of Edwin of Deira, and that king's advance along the coast of North Wales and conquest of Anglesey drove him into exile, probably, as tradition avers, in Ireland, with a faithful body of retainers. History
DEINIOL (bu farw 584), saint, founder of Bangor and first bishop in Gwynedd to the place names his clan occupied Anglesey (Llanbabo), Caernarfonshire (Bangor), and the Vale of Clwyd (S. Asaph). This was why Cynfarch and Urien Rheged established themselves there between 550 and 574. The reign of Maelgwn Gwynedd was the golden age of religion in Gwynedd west of the Conway, being the age of Cadfan, Seiriol, Cybi, and others; the genealogies of the saints show that it was in
EVANS, DAVID DELTA (Dewi Hiraddug; 1866 - 1948), journalist, author and Unitarian minister the pseudonym Cadfan Rhys, Deiniol Ddu and An Old Sinner. Even Delta was an assumed name, his baptismal name being David. He wrote a weekly column for the Kentish Independent for years under the name, ' An Old Philosopher '. He wrote an article on Phrenyddeg (phrenology) in the second edition of Y Gwyddoniadur Cymreig, 1896. He was a prolific writer. He wrote two novels, Daniel Evelyn; Heretic, 1913
HUGHES CADFAN - gweler HUGHES, HUGH
HUGHES, HUGH (Cadfan Gwynedd, Hughes Cadfan; 1824 - 1898), one of the Welsh pioneers in Patagonia justice of the peace and, in 1875, governor of the settlement. He adopted the pseudonym Cadfan Gwynedd and was known in the colony as ' Hughes Cadfan.' He died 7 March 1898.

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