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Saint Cadwaladr Abbot

Reposed 664 Remembered November 12

Not much is known about this saint. He may have been the last king of Britain (Wales) in Gwynedd. He was known as a quiet and peaceable KIng who shunned battles. He may have died of the plague. He is buried in the church of Llangedwaladr in south west Anglesey. There was a royal monastery nearby at Aberffraw where the Royals of Gwynedd were buried.

He is the patron of Wales Orthodox Mission based at Bleinau Ffestiniog

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