# Cynllo

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{{Short description|5th- and 6th-century Welsh saint}}
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| honorific_prefix = [Saint](/source/Saint)
| name             =  Cynllo
| birth_date       = late 5th century
| death_date       = 6th century
| feast_day        = 17 July
| venerated_in     = Roman Catholic Church<br>[Anglican Communion](/source/Anglican_Communion)<br> [Orthodox Church](/source/Eastern_Orthodox_Church)<ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=t5MSBgAAQBAJ&q=St+Cynllo+feast+day Hutchison-Hall, John (Ellsworth). ''Orthodox Saints of the British Isles'', Vol. III, St. Eadfrith Press, 2014] {{ISBN|9780692257661}}</ref> 
|image=File:Llangynllo Church - geograph.org.uk - 722642.jpg
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| caption          = St. Cynllo Church, Llangynllo
| birth_place      = Probably [Brittany](/source/Duchy_of_Brittany)
| death_place      = [Wales](/source/Wales)
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|major_shrine      = Church of St Cynllo in [Llangunllo](/source/Llangunllo), Wales<ref name=church>[http://www.stcynlloschurch.co.uk/#/st-cynllo/4529487164 Church of St Cynllo, Llangynllo]</ref>
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'''Cynllo''' ({{IPA|cy|ˈkənɬɔ}}) is a [British](/source/Britons_(Celtic_people)) [saint](/source/saint), who lived in the late 5th and early 6th centuries, generally described as a brother of Teilo. Cynllo was known for "...the sanctity of his life and the austerity of his manners."<ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=Gp9BAQAAMAAJ&dq=St+Cynllo+feast+day&pg=PP137 Lewis, Samuel. "LLangynllo", ''A Topographical Dictionary of Wales'', S. Lewis, 1840]</ref>

==Life==
Cynllo is variously described in the genealogical ''[Bonedd y Saint](/source/Bonedd_y_Saint)'' as the son of [Usyllt](/source/Saint_Issel) and brother of [Teilo](/source/Teilo).<ref>[http://santiebeati.it/dettaglio/94160 Alonso, Justo Fernandez. "San Cynllo", ''Santi e Beati'', June 11, 2008]</ref> Later genealogies have him a grandson of [Coel Hen](/source/Coel_Hen).<ref name=Sabine>[https://books.google.com/books?id=-G4AAAAAMAAJ&dq=Cynllo&pg=PA263 Baring-Gould, Sabine. ''The Lives of the British Saints: The Saints of Wales and Cornwall and Such Irish Saints as Have Dedications in Britain'', Vol. 2, C. J. Clark, 1908, p. 263]</ref> [Wade-Evans](/source/Arthur_Wade-Evans) thought he should be identified with ''Kentinlau'' who accompanied [Saint Cadfan](/source/Saint_Cadfan) from [Brittany](/source/Brittany) to [Ceredigion](/source/Ceredigion). References to him as ''Cynllo Vrenin'' (Cynllo the King) suggest that he was in possession of his ancestral dominions before devoting himself to religious life.<ref name=Williams>[https://books.google.com/books?id=7NM5AAAAcAAJ&dq=Cynllo&pg=PA93 Williams, Robert. ''A biographical dictionary of eminent Welshmen'', W. Rees, 1852, p. 93]</ref>

Cynllo's knee imprints, made as he said his devotions, are said to exist in a rock, near the farm Felin Gynllo, which lies just outside [Llangoedmor](/source/Llangoedmor) in Ceredigion.<ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=GwVEAAAAYAAJ&dq=St+Cynllo+feast+day&pg=PA326 ''The Poetical Works of Lewis Glyn Cothi'', Cymmrodorion, 1837, p. 326]</ref> A [Middle Welsh](/source/Middle_Welsh) poem, ''The Consolations of Elffin'', attributed to the infant [Taliesin](/source/Taliesin) includes the line, ''Ni bydd coeg gweddi Cynllo'', "The prayer of Cynllo will not be in vain."

Several churches are dedicated in his honour, but there is no reliable account of him.<ref>[http://catholicsaints.info/book-of-saints-cynlio/ Monks of Ramsgate. “Cynlio”. ''Book of Saints'', 1921. CatholicSaints.Info. 17 October 2012]{{PD-notice}}</ref> Churches and chapels were dedicated to him over almost the whole of [Gwerthrynion](/source/Gwerthrynion) and [Maelienydd](/source/Maelienydd).

There is a church in [Ceredigion](/source/Ceredigion) commemorating Saint Cynllo at Llangynllo (said to stand on the site of his monastic cell)<ref>[https://parish.churchinwales.org.uk/d840/churches-en/st-cynllo-llangynllo_-en/ "St Cynllo, Llangynllo", The Church in Wales]</ref> and [Nantcwnlle](/source/Nantcwnlle), and also the church of St Cynllo in the [community](/source/Community_(Wales)) of [Nantmel](/source/Nantmel) in the historic county of [Radnorshire](/source/Radnorshire), now part of [Powys](/source/Powys), and at [Llangynllo](/source/Llangynllo) west of [Knighton](/source/Knighton%2C_Powys).<ref name=dwb>{{Dictionary of Welsh Biography|id=s-CYNL-APM-0550|last=Lloyd|first=John Edward|title=Cynllo (fl. 550?), saint"|year=1959}}</ref> The latter was almost totally rebuilt in the late 18th century. Cynllo was so popular that even when the Normans changed the dedication of the church in Rhayader to Saint Clements, locals still held Cynllo's feastday there.<ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=SLVoDwAAQBAJ&dq=St+Cynllo+feast+day&pg=PA258 Hurlock, Catherine. ''Medieval Welsh Pilgrimage, c.1100–1500'', Springer, 2018, p. 67]{{ISBN|9781137430991}}</ref>

Near St Cynllo's Church, [Llanbister](/source/Llanbister) was a spring called ''Pistyll Cynllo''.<ref name=Sabine/><ref name=Williams/>

==Feast day==
By the fifteenth century St. Cynllo's feast day had been set as 17 July,<ref name=church/><ref name=dwb/> although [Baring-Gould](/source/Sabine_Baring-Gould), quoting the sixteenth century ''Haford'' MS, shows August 8.<ref>[https://archive.org/stream/livesofbritishsa01bariuoft#page/72/mode/2up Baring-Gould, Sabine. ''The Lives of the British Saints'', Vol. I, London, Charles J. Clark, 1907, P. 73]</ref>

Cynllo does not appear on the Roman Catholic National Calendar for Wales, although every parish is encouraged to celebrate its patronal feast. The calendar indicates that "Where no other indication is given the celebration is an optional memorial."<ref>[http://www.liturgyoffice.org.uk/Calendar/National/Wales1.shtml "National Calendar for Wales", Liturgical Office England and Wales]</ref>

A new calendar for the Church in Wales was produced in 2003; Cynllo does not appear in that either although both the Catholic and Anglican calendars have a general commemoration in November for Welsh saints. Those parishes which continue to commemorate Cynllo appear to conform to the 17 July.

==References==
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== Sources ==
*Haslam, Richard (1979). ''The Buildings of Wales: Powys''.
*Wade-Evans, A. W. (1944). ''Vitae Sanctorum Britanniae et Genealogiae''.

== External links ==
*[http://www.catholic.org/saints/saint.php?saint_id=2794 Catholic on-line:] St Cynllo

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Category:Companions of Cadfan

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