{{short description|Welsh saint}} {{Use dmy dates|date=March 2025}} {{Use British English|date=August 2015}} {{Infobox saint | name = Bodfan | image = Bodfan Standing Stone - geograph.org.uk - 1087859.jpg | caption = Bodfan Standing Stone, Llanaber | titles = Missionary | birth_date = 7th century | birth_place = North Wales | venerated_in = Catholic Church,<br>Anglican Communion | major_shrine = | feast_day = 2 June | attributes = | patronage = Llanaber,<br />Abergwyngregyn | issues = | suppressed_date = | suppressed_by = | influences = | influenced = | tradition = | major_works = }} '''Bodfan''' (or ''Bodfaen'') was a Welsh saint in the Catholic and Anglican churches.
==Biography== He was the son of Helig ap Glanawg and died in the 7th century.<ref name=cath>[http://www.catholic.org/saints/saint.php?saint_id=1808 St Bodfan] from Catholic Online, retrieved 8 June 2013</ref> Supposedly, he saw his family's land inundated by the sea and became a religious.<ref name=cath/> Bodfan then became a monk on Bardsey Island and later established the first church at Llanaber. His brothers Brothen, Celynin and Rhichwyn are also regarded as saints and also have churches dedicated to them around Gwynedd and Conwy.<ref name=mega>[http://www.megalithic.co.uk/article.php?sid=26779 Megalithic.co.uk] retrieved 8 June 2013</ref>
==Legacy== He is the patron saint of many churches in Gwynedd in north-west Wales, such as St Mary and St Bodfan Church in Llanaber and St Bodfan church in Abergwyngregyn.<ref>[https://archive.today/20130620204928/http://www.abergwyngregyn.co.uk/html/body_st_bodfan.html Abergwyngregyn.co.uk] retrieved 8 June 2013</ref> Also, in Llanaber are the ''Llanaber Stones'', they are two very large rocks with 5th- and 6th-century Latin carvings, 1 km from the local church, they are known in the area as ''St Bodfan's Stones''.<ref name=mega/>
His feast day is on 2 June.<ref>[https://archive.today/20130423211236/http://churchinwalesbarmouth.org.uk/index.php/en/history-of-st-mary Benefice of Llanaber with Barmouth and Caerdeon with Bontddu] retrieved 8 June 2013</ref>
==See also== * Helig ap Glanawg * Llanaber
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Category:Welsh Roman Catholic saints Category:7th-century Christian saints