{{Short description|Welsh saint}} {{Use dmy dates|date=April 2026}} {{Use British English|date=August 2018}}
thumb|right|Llanberis Eglwys Sant Padarn – Church of St Padarn, Llanberis, Gwynedd.'''Saint Peris''' was a little-known Welsh saint of the early Christian period, possibly 6th century.<ref>{{cite book |last=Baring-Gould |first=Sabine |authorlink=Sabine Baring-Gould |date=1907 |title=Lives of the British Saints}}</ref>
He is referred to in the Bonedd y Saint as a 'Cardinal of Rome'. However, he may have been one of the many children of Helig ap Glannog of Tyno Helig. He is believed to have retired to the solitude of Nant Peris in North Wales, and the church in the village is dedicated to him.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.nantperis.org.uk/history/church |title=Historical Information: The Church of Saint Peris |website=Nantperis.org.uk |archive-date=29 September 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110929013955/http://www.nantperis.org.uk/history/church |url-status=dead |access-date=24 April 2026}}</ref>
Ffynnon Peris (or Ffynnon y Sant) is a well in Nant Peris named after the saint, who according to tradition, kept two fish there and drank from it daily. The nearby village of Llanberis is also named after Peris, as is Llyn Peris, a lake between Nant Peris and Llanberis.<ref>{{cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=xHQTDQAAQBAJ&dq=Saint+Peris&pg=PT77 |last=Maddern |first=Eric |chapter=Saint Peris |title=Snowdonia Folk Tales |publisher=The History Press |date=2015 |isbn=9780750966429}}</ref>
His feast day is 11 December. Saint Peris is the patron saint of Llanberis.<ref name="hutchison-hall">{{cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=TZs6DwAAQBAJ&dq=Saint+Cian&pg=PA223 |last=Hutchison-Hall |first=John (Ellsworth) |title=Orthodox Saints of the British Isles |volume=IV |publisher=St. Eadfrith Press |date=2017 |page=243 |isbn=9781542718226 |via=Google Books}}</ref>
==Saint Cian==
Saint Cian was a soldier, who later became Perin's servant. He ended his life as a hermit in Caernarfonshire, Wales.<ref>{{cite book |url=http://catholicsaints.info/book-of-saints-cian/ |chapter=Cian |title=Book of Saints |date=1921 |author=Monks of Ramsgate |via=CatholicSaints.Info |access-date=24 April 2026}}</ref> The church in Llangian, Gwynedd, is dedicated to Saint Cían.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.churchinwales.org.uk/en/structure/church/2016/ |title=St Cian, Llangian |publisher=The Church in Wales |access-date=24 April 2026}}</ref> His feast day also falls on 11 December.<ref name="hutchison-hall" />
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{{DEFAULTSORT:Peris}} Category:6th-century Christian saints Category:Medieval Welsh saints