{{Short description|Welsh saint}} {{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}} thumb|right|St Edeyrn's church, Llanedeyrn '''Saint Edeyrn''' ({{circa|lk=no|6th}} century) was a pre-congregational saint of Wales, related to Vortigern and the royal house of Powys and the brother of Saint Aerdeyrn and Elldeyrn.<ref>Williams, John. ''The Ecclesiastical Antiquities of the Cymry'' or ''The Ancient British Church: Its History, Doctrine, and Rites'', [https://books.google.com/books?id=xdhUAAAAcAAJ&pg=PA112 p.&nbsp;112]. 1844.</ref> Edeyrn is the patron saint of Lannédern in France<ref>Dom François Plaine. Sa « Notice sur la vie et le culte de saint Edern », dans « Bulletin de la Société archéologique du Finistère », 1892, t. XIX, p. 200-215.</ref><ref>Paul Peyron et Jean-Marie Abgrall, ''Bulletin diocésain d'histoire et d'archéologie'', March–April 1919, Notices sur les paroisses du diocèse de Quimper et de Léon, Lannédern, pages 53-54.</ref> and Llanedeyrn in Wales, where he founded a monastery of over 300 people.<ref>Samuel Lewis [https://books.google.com/books?id=JsU_AAAAcAAJ&pg=PT126 A Topographical Dictionary of Wales], (Lewis and Company, 1833). Volume II.</ref>

==Legend== Legend holds he was a companion of King Arthur, before moving to France where he became a Hermit.<ref>[http://www.catholic.org/saints/saint.php?saint_id=3043 Catholic Online].</ref> Being from the family of Vortigen, however, would make a relationship with King Arthur unlikely.

==Legacy== He is remembered in churches across Wales and Brittany including Monmouth and Llanedeyrn near Cardiff in Wales and Lannédern in Brittany France. He is often depicted riding a deer and his feast day is 6 January.<ref>There may also have been another Edern, a semi legendary 9th century French hermit monk whose feast day is celebrated on August 26.</ref>

==Gallery== <gallery> File:Lannédern 24 La chapelle de Coat ar Roc'h.JPG|The chapelle de Coat ar Roc'h, Lannedern File:Loqueffret 15 Eglise Sainte-Geneviève Bannière de procession de saint Herbot.JPG|The banner of Saint Edeyrn at Loqueffret France File:Lannédern 18 Calvaire saint Edern sur son cerf.JPG|Saint Edern on his stag Lannédern Brittany (France) File:Loqueffret 25 Calvaire route de Lannédern Saint Herbot sur son cerf.JPG| Statue of Edeurn at Loqueffret </gallery>

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