'''Llechid''' was a 6th-century pre-congregational saint of Wales.
Born about 556 AD in Brittany, she was the child of Ithel Hael de Cornouaille<ref>[http://geotopoi.wordpress.com/2012/01/26/churchyard-of-st-llechids-church-llanllechid/ Churchyard of St Llechid’s Church, Llanllechid].</ref><ref>Brian Daniel Starr, ''Ascent of the Saints: Whose Lineage Is Known ''(Brian Daniel Starr, 2009) page 80.</ref> and an unknown mother. Her family moved to Wales, where many of her siblings founded churches.<ref>[https://archive.org/stream/livesofbritishsa03bariuoft#page/398/mode/2up Lives of the British Saints] page 367.</ref> She is the patroness saint of Llanllechid Wales,<ref>Samuel Lewis, A Topographical Dictionary of Wales: (Lewis and Company, 1833) [https://books.google.com/books?id=JsU_AAAAcAAJ&dq=Saint+Llechid&pg=PT126 Volume II].</ref> where she built a Church and where a holy well (now lost) is attributed to her. Llechid's feast day is given as either December 1 or 2nd.<ref>[http://wellhopper.wordpress.com/2014/01/16/ffynnon-llechid-llanllechid/ Ffynnon Llechid, Llanllechid].</ref>
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