Egwine

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'''Egwine''' was a 6th-century Celtic princess and saint, who is a patron saint of the village of Llanigon, east of Hay-on-Wye, in the Wye Valley of Wales.

Very little is known of her life. She was the sister of saints Cadoc,<ref>[http://stgwladys.org/about-st-gs/st-gwladys/ Who was St Gwladys?].</ref> Maches and Cyndr,<ref>T. M. Charles-Edwards, ''Wales and the Britons, 350–1064'' (Oxford University Press, Oxford, 29 Nov. 2012) p593.</ref> who all built churches in the same area.

She was also the daughter of Gwladys,<ref>Lifris, 'Vita sancti Cadoci', Vitae sanctorum Britanniae et genealogiae, ed. and trans. A. M. Wade-Evans (1944), 24–141</ref> and granddaughter of king Brychan of Brycheiniog.

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Category:Southwestern Brythonic saints Category:English Roman Catholic saints Category:6th-century Christian saints Category:6th-century Christians Category:Year of birth unknown