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AFAN (fl. early 6th century), patron saint He is described as the son of Cedig ap Ceredig ap Cunedda Wledig, and is associated, as ' Afan Buellt,' with the cantref of the name in Mid Wales. Here are two of his churches, viz. Llanafan-fawr and Llanafan-fach; the third is Llanafan in the valley of the Ystwyth. An inscription of c. 1300 at Llanafan-fawr runs: 'Hic iacet sanctus Avanus Episcopus'; from this it has been inferred that he ruled
AP GWYNN, ARTHUR (1902 - 1987), librarian and the third librarian of the University College of Wales, Aberystwyth character with strong convictions concerning the spoken and written language in particular. His interests were many and varied, classical music and travel in France especially. He married Catherine Eluned Isaac in 1933. She was a former student of Welsh in the University at Cardiff. They had three children, Nonn, Rhys, who died when he was four years old in 1943 in Swansea, and Ceredig. She died in April
CUNEDDA WLEDIG (fl. 450?), British prince . 'Peisrudd' (scarlet cloak) may, perhaps, be taken as evidence of the holding of some high office in the empire. As to the sons it is noteworthy that the names of most of them are preserved in the nomenclature of Welsh tribal units within the limits traditionally assigned to their conquests, viz. the rivers Dee and Teify. Rhufon (Romanus) is represented by Rhufoniog, Dunod (Donatus) by Dunoding, Ceredig by
CYNDEYRN, saint This Saint is commemorated at Llangyndeyrn in Carmarthenshire. Late-mediaeval genealogies make him the son of Saint Cyngar ap Garthog ap Ceredig ap Cunedda Wledig; his feast was on 25 July, O.S. - the patronal fair at Llangyndeyrn is now held on 5 and 6 August His father, Cyngar, should not be confused with the saint Cyngar / Docwin / Dochau.
DAVIES, JONATHAN CEREDIG (1859 - 1932), traveller, genealogist, and folk-lorist (Llanddewi Brefi, 1927) and Life, travels, and reminiscences of Jonathan Ceredig Davies (Llanddewi Brefi, 1927). The first of these privately printed books was reprinted in the Life, travels, and reminiscences. The story of the latter book is a remarkable one. Judged by ordinary standards it cannot be compared with the work of the trained craftsman, but it would be difficult to find a finer example of
DOGMAEL (fl. 6th century), saint No details of the life of S. Dogmael are extant. The Welsh genealogies connect him with one of the three saintly tribes of Wales by making him the son of Ithel ap Ceredig ap Cunedda Wledig. To judge from the churches bearing his name, his activities in Wales were confined almost entirely to Pembrokeshire; for Llandudoch or S. Dogmaels (on the Teifi, opposite v) together with Capel Degwel in the
EVANS, JOHN CEREDIG (1855 - 1936), Calvinistic Methodist missionary, tutor, and author
GWGON ap MEURIG (bu farw 871), king of Ceredigion, and the last of the line of Ceredig
GWYNLLYW (fl. late 5th-early 6th century), saint was the son of Glywys, ruler of the kingdom of Glywysing which extended over parts of eastern Carmarthenshire, Glamorganshire, and Monmouthshire. Gwynllyw's mother was Guaul, daughter of Ceredig ap Cunedda. The oldest source for the details of his life is the ' Life of S. Cadoc,' composed in the main towards the end of the 11th century. The ' Life of S. Gwynllyw ' and the ' Life of S. Tatheus
JONES, THOMAS LLEWELYN (1915 - 2009), poet and prolific writer Llewelyn and Iolo Ceredig who inherited many of the father's gifts and contributed significantly to national life in their various activities, Emyr as a writer, teacher and lecturer, and Iolo as an international chess player. T. Llew Jones was educated at Capel Mair and Saron primary schools and Llandysul secondary school. He left school aged 16 and for a while he was a pupil-teacher at his old school in
REES, THOMAS IFOR (1890 - 1977), HM Ambassador Germany. His orders were to remain in Venezuela for the duration of the war. After the war, in 1919, he married Elizabeth Phillips of Trefaes Uchaf, Llangwyrfon, Ceredigion, and between 1920 and 1930 they had four children - Morfudd, Ceredig, Nest and Geraint. Despite travelling a great deal, his Welshness remained very important to Ifor Rees and he ensured his children were taught Welsh wherever the
SEISYLL ap CLYDOG (fl. 730), king of the combined realm of Ceredigion and Ystrad Tywi According to early pedigrees he was a descendant of Ceredig ap Cunedda Wledig who is assumed to have been the first Brythonic ruler of Ceredigion to which he gave his name. At first king only of Ceredigion, Seisyll later added to his kingdom those parts of ancient Dyfed known as Cantref Mawr, Cantref Bychan, and Cantref Eginog, or collectively as Ystrad Tywi. Hence the name Seisyllwg was often

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