# Gwynno

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'''Gwynno''', or '''Gwynnog ab Gildas''', is the name of a 6th-century [Welsh saint](/source/Celtic_Christianity).

Archives at the [Vatican](/source/Vatican_City) record that his festival is 26 October; that he is regarded as a [confessor](/source/confessor); and that there is said to be a sacred well, Ffynnon Wyno, associated with [Llanwonno](/source/Llanwonno), in [Glamorganshire](/source/Glamorganshire).<ref>Bibliotheca Sanctorum VII</ref>

Gwynno appears to have been the son of Cau, called Euryn y Coed aur.<ref name='JGD'>[http://campanologywales.weebly.com/llanwonno.html ''The Church of St Gwynno, Llanwynno, Mid Glamorgan''], Essay by J. Gwyn Davies</ref>

During the [Yellow Plague](/source/Yellow_Plague) of 547, the monks of the dead [Illtyd](/source/Illtyd) went for safety from [West Wales](/source/West_Wales) to [Brittany](/source/Brittany). Instead of returning to [Pembrokeshire](/source/Pembrokeshire), they travelled east to Glamorgan to settle at [Llantwit Major](/source/Llantwit_Major) (Llanilltud Fawr in [Welsh](/source/Welsh_language)). It appears that Saint Illtud's monks were accompanied to Glamorgan by several of his disciples and associates, some of whom were [Bretons](/source/Bretons), among them Gwynno.<ref>Bowen, E. G. ''Settlements of the Celtic Saints in Wales'', Cardiff: University of Wales Press, 1954</ref>
 
The Celtic bishop, Saint [Dyfrig](/source/Dyfrig), founded three centres of learning in [South East Wales](/source/South_East_Wales) - at Llancarfan (near [Cowbridge](/source/Cowbridge)), Caerworgorn (now Llantwit Major), and [Caerleon](/source/Caerleon). Gwynno was one of the early members of the community at Llancarfan.<ref name='Rice'>Rees, Rice [https://books.google.com/books?id=H8IclDShLSYC&oe=UTF-8 ''An Essay on the Welsh Saints, or the Primitive Christians usually considered to have been the founders of churches in Wales''.] London: Longman &c., 1836.</ref> Under the name of Gwynno, he is considered to have been one of the three founders of [Llantrisant](/source/Llantrisant), Glamorganshire, together with Illtyd and [Dyfodwg](/source/Dyfodwg); [Llanwynno](/source/Llanwynno), a chapel under Llantrisant, is dedicated to him.<ref name='Rice' />

thumb|St Gwynno Forest, Llanwonno, Rhondda Cynon Taff
At Llanwonno, the farmhouse at Darwonno (Welsh: Daearwynno) was not far from the church; indeed Gwynno may have lived there, and may have owned the land around it. It is significant that the nearest farmhouse to the church was always known as Daearwynno - ''Gwynno's land'', but it is not clear whether the land belonged to Gwynno the saint, or whether it was a later acquisition of the church. There is no mention of Gwynno ever having performed miracles; no one knows of his work, or of the whereabouts of his grave, and not one of his writings has been preserved. Only Gwynno's name and Gwynno's church remain as a definite indication that he did exist and as a monument to his work.<ref name='JGD'/>

Llanwnog in the county of [Montgomeryshire](/source/Montgomeryshire) claims him for its founder under the name of Gwynnog; and in the [chancel](/source/chancel) window of this church he is delineated in painted glass in episcopal habits, with a [mitre](/source/mitre) on his head, and a [crosier](/source/crosier) in his hand; underneath is an inscription in old English characters, "Sanctus Gwinocus, cujus animae propitietur Deus. Amen."<ref name='Rice' />

He is not to be confounded with [Gwenog](/source/Gwenog), a virgin, the saint of Llanwenog, [Cardiganshire](/source/Cardiganshire).<ref name='Rice' />

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Category:Medieval Welsh saints
Category:People from Glamorgan
Category:Southwestern Brythonic saints
Category:6th-century Christian saints
Category:6th-century births

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