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Saint Tecla Virgin

Reposed 560 Remembered September 24

St Tecla was a Welsh princess; she had a hermitage on a small rocky islet in the mouth of the Wye; she was murdered by the Vikings. The name of St Twrog has also been associated with this island.

She has a holy well and tree at Llandegla in Denbighshire. It has recently be cleaned and restored

The Church

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