# Saint Peris
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{{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](/source/Welsh_people) [saint](/source/saint) of the [early Christian period](/source/Early_Christianity), possibly 6th century.[{{cite book |last=Baring-Gould |first=Sabine |authorlink=Sabine Baring-Gould |date=1907 |title=Lives of the British Saints}}]
He is referred to in the [Bonedd y Saint](/source/Bonedd_y_Saint) as a 'Cardinal of [Rome](/source/Rome)'. However, he may have been one of the many children of [Helig ap Glannog](/source/Helig_ap_Glannog) of Tyno Helig. He is believed to have [retired to the solitude](/source/Hermit) of [Nant Peris](/source/Nant_Peris) in [North Wales](/source/North_Wales), and [the church in the village](/source/St_Peris's_Church%2C_Nant_Peris) is dedicated to him.[{{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}}]
Ffynnon Peris (or Ffynnon y Sant) is a [well](/source/Water_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](/source/Llanberis) is also named after Peris, as is [Llyn Peris](/source/Llyn_Peris), a lake between Nant Peris and Llanberis.[{{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}}]
His [feast day](/source/feast_day) is 11 December. Saint Peris is the patron saint of Llanberis.[{{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}}]
==Saint Cian==
Saint Cian was a soldier, who later became Perin's servant. He ended his life as a hermit in Caernarfonshire, Wales.[{{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}}] The church in [Llangian](/source/Llangian), Gwynedd, is dedicated to Saint Cían.[{{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}}] His feast day also falls on 11 December.