{{Short description|6th-century Welsh saint}} {{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}} [[File:Church at Llangeitho - geograph.org.uk - 5502975.jpg|thumb|St Ceitho's Church, Llangeitho]]
'''Ceitho''' was an abbot and a saint living in West Wales in the 6th century. According to legend he was one of the five sons born to Cynyr Farfdrwch of Cynwyl Gaeo, and a descendant of the ancient Welsh king Cunedda Wledig. Along with his brothers Gwynno, Gwynoro, Celynin, and Gwyn, he became a saint. The five brothers are said to have founded the village of Llanpumsaint in Carmarthenshire.<ref>T. D. Breverton, ''The Book of Welsh Saints'' (Glyndŵr Publishing, 2000)</ref>
Ceitho is also the patron saint of Llangeitho, Ceredigion, and is said to have founded an abbey in which he secluded himself to live as a hermit. Near the village can be found Ffynnon Geitho ('Ceitho's Well'), a natural spring which is said to run cold in summer and warm in winter.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Baring-Gould |first1=Sabine |last2=Fisher |first2=John |title=The Lives of the British Saints: The Saints of Wales and Cornwall and Such Irish Saints as Have Dedications in Britain, Volume 2 |date=1908 |publisher=C. J. Clark |page=102}}</ref>
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