# Clydog

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{{Short description|6th-century Welsh king}}
'''Clydog''' (also known as '''Clydawg''', '''Clodock''', '''Clitaucus''', '''Cleodicus''', '''Cladocus''') was a sixth-century Welsh king of [Ergyng](/source/Ergyng) who became a saint.<ref name=ewyaslacey>{{cite web|url=http://www.ewyaslacy.org.uk/-/Guest-Contribution-St-Clydawg-the-Martyr-and-his-Church-Today/c-450-2010/rs_clo_0268|title=St Clydawg the Martyr and his Church Today|author=Eve Nicholson}}</ref><ref>David Farmer, Oxford Dictionary of Saints ([Oxford University Press](/source/Oxford_University_Press), 1996), p104.</ref>  His feast day is traditionally held on 3 November<ref>Baring-Gould, Sabine. The Lives of the Saints, Vol. XVI, "The Celtic Church and its Saints", Longmans, Green, & Co. (New York), 1898.[https://archive.org/stream/livesofbritishsa01bariuoft#page/70/mode/2up Vol. I, p. 73-75].</ref>  but is also celebrated on 19 August.<ref>[http://www.celticchristianity.infinitesoulutions.com/Celtic_Calendar.html Calendar of the Celtic Saints of Wales].</ref>

In imagery, Clydog is represented as a king holding a sword and a lily.<ref name=catholic>{{cite web|url=http://catholicsaints.info/saint-clydog/|title=Saint Clydog|publisher=Catholic Saints}}</ref>

==Life==
Clydog was a member of the clan of the legendary king [Brychan](/source/Brychan), whose children and grandchildren became the famed saints of [Cornwall](/source/Cornwall) and [Wales](/source/Wales). His father was Clydwyn, himself a saint and the son of Brychan. Although some sources say he conquered the whole of South Wales, which is unlikely, but it is possible that he was at one time also king of [Ceredigion](/source/Ceredigion) and [Dyfed](/source/Dyfed) along with his brother Dedyw. His other brothers included St Cynon and St Cynlefr the Martyr and St Berwen.<ref name=ewyaslacey/>

As king of Ergyng he ruled over parts of [Monmouthshire](/source/Monmouthshire) and [Herefordshire](/source/Herefordshire), known for its time of peace and justice. With his brother Dedyw he trained as a priest under [Saint Cadoc](/source/Cadoc) at [Llancarfan](/source/Llancarfan).

Following his return to Ergyng, a woman fell in love with him and refused to marry anyone else. A local Saxon noble had also fallen for the same woman. Shortly after while Clydog was hunting a deer, the Saxon shot Clydog with an arrow, killing him. His body was placed on a cart and taken to the ford of the river below the present church in [Clodock](/source/Clodock), at which point the cart broke and the oxen could go no further. He was thus buried there at Caer Gledog, near [Longtown, Herefordshire](/source/Longtown%2C_Herefordshire).<ref name=ewyaslacey/>

Some sources label Clydog a martyr, being a Christian killed by an outsider, but this is probably a mistranslation of the word ''merthyr'' (shrine).<ref name=catholic/> A chapel was built above his burial which became a site of [pilgrimage](/source/pilgrimage). His fame spread and even several centuries later people were still being named after him, including a 12th-century Bishop of Llandaff.

St Clydawg's church now covers the parish of [Clodock](/source/Clodock), which was transferred from Wales to England in 1535.

He was married three times in total; his wives were successively Prawst, Ribrawst and Roistri.<ref name=ewyaslacey/>

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