# Ceneu

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{{Short description|Welsh saint and bishop}}
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'''Saint Ceneu''' ({{langx|owl|Keneu}}) was an early [bishop](/source/list_of_bishops_of_St_Davids) of [Menevia](/source/Menevia) (St Davids) in [Wales](/source/Wales) in the sixth century. [Giraldus Cambrensis](/source/Gerald_of_Wales), writing in the twelfth century, stated that Ceneu was the third bishop.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |title=Ceneu from the McClintock and Strong Biblical Cyclopedia. |url=https://www.biblicalcyclopedia.com/C/ceneu.html |access-date=2025-04-08 |website=McClintock and Strong Biblical Cyclopedia Online |language=en}}</ref>

He is said to have been the son of [Corun ap Ceredig](/source/Corun_ap_Ceredig)<ref>Sabine Baring-Gould, Sabine & al. ''The Lives of the British Saints'', Vol. 2, [https://books.google.com/books?id=uE3pXSdZd5gC&pg=PA106 p. 106]. Kessinger Publishing, 2005. Accessed 26 Mar 2013.</ref> or [Coel Hen](/source/Coel_Hen). He established a church or monastic community (''clas'') at the site of the current settlement of [Clydau](/source/Clydau) in North [Pembrokeshire](/source/Pembrokeshire) which was long known as Llangeneu (Church of Ceneu) in his honour.<ref>James, Heather. "The Geography of the Cult of St Davids" in ''St David of Wales: Cult, Church and Nation'', [https://books.google.com/books?id=LN9DSKZfItcC&pg=PA59 p. 59]. Boydell Press, 2007. Accessed 26 Mar 2013.</ref> No traces of the settlement are known to survive, and are thought to have been destroyed when there was significant immigration by [Flemings](/source/Flemish_people) settling into the area.<ref name=":0" />

His feast day is 15 June.<ref>{{Cite web |title=C (Wales, Saints) |url=https://www.orthodoxwestinitiative.com/wales-2/c-wales-saints |access-date=2025-04-08 |website=www.orthodoxwestinitiative.com}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book |last=Baring-Gould |first=S. (Sabine) |url=https://archive.org/details/livesofbritishsa01bariuoft/livesofbritishsa01bariuoft/page/72/mode/2up?view=theater&q=ceneu |title=The lives of the British Saints : the Saints of Wales and Cornwall and such Irish Saints as have dedications i n Britain |date=1907–1911 |publisher=London : For the honourable Society of Cymmrodorion by C.J. Clark |others=PIMS - University of Toronto}}</ref>

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Category:Medieval Welsh saints
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