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ASAPH (fl. c. 600), reputed founder of the see of St Asaph He is only known through tradition. In the oldest form of ' Bonedd y Saint ' he appears as the son of Sawyl (Samuel) Benuchel and the grandson of Pabo Post Prydain; Penuchel (highbrow) may be a euphemism for Penisel (lowbrow), which is found in another early source. Fragments of an early life were included in the ' Red Book of Asaph,' according to the transcripts of that MS., not one of which has
DEINIOL (bu farw 584), saint, founder of Bangor and first bishop in Gwynedd son of Dunawd son of Pabo Post Prydyn, of the same royal line as Urien Rheged - Dwyai, daughter of Gwallog ap Lleenog was not his mother but his second cousin. As Deiniol and Maelgwn Gwynedd were contemporaries, so were his grandfather Pabo and the sons of Cunedda Wledig. Pabo, then, must have accompanied them to Wales, not because of any loss of territory but in order to acquire more. According
DUNAWD (fl. 6th century), saint Welsh tradition relates that Dunawd, son of Pabo Post Prydain of the line of Coel Godebog, was originally a North British chieftain, whom the triads call one of the three battle-pillars ('tri post câd') of his country. Dwywai, daughter of Lleënog, was his wife. Driven from his territory, Dunawd fled into North Wales where Cyngen, son of Cadell Deyrnllwg, prince of Powys, gave him his protection
JONES, WILLIAM (1675? - 1749), mathematician ' nickname, ' Pabo,' for William Jones. The father was John George; the mother was Elizabeth Rowland, of the family of Bodwigan, Llanddeusant (J. E. Griffith, Pedigrees, 3), and Elizabeth's mother was of the family of Tregaian and therefore, according to Lewis Morris (Add. M.L., p. 190), related to the Morris family's father and mother. He was at school at Llanfechell, and showed such skill as a calculator

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