# Twrog

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{{Short description|6th-century Welsh saint}}
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thumb|Portrait of St Twrog on the window at St twrog's Church, Maentwrog, Gwynedd, Wales
'''Saint Twrog''' - feast day 26 June - was a 6th-century Welsh saint who founded the church at [Maentwrog](/source/Maentwrog) and refounded the chapel on [St Twrog's Island](/source/St_Twrog's_Island), having come to Wales early in the [Age of the Saints](/source/Age_of_the_Saints).

== Early life ==
It is believed that Twrog was the son of [Ithel Hael](/source/Ithel_Hael) o Lydaw of [Brittany](/source/Brittany). He was also the brother of [Saint Tanwg](/source/Saint_Tanwg) of [Llandanwg](/source/Llandanwg), [Saint Tecwyn](/source/Saint_Tecwyn) of [Llandecwyn](/source/Llandecwyn), [Saint Tegai](/source/Saint_Tegai) of [Llandegai](/source/Llandegai) and [Saint Baglan](/source/Saint_Baglan) of [Llanfaglan](/source/Llanfaglan) and [Baglan](/source/Baglan%2C_Neath_Port_Talbot).<ref>{{Cite book |last=Williams |first=Robert |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=_wMGAAAAQAAJ |title=Enwogion Cymru: A Biographical Dictionary of Eminent Welshmen, from the Earliest Times to the Present, and Including Every Name Connected with the Ancient History of Wales |date=1852 |publisher=W. Rees |language=en}}</ref>

He was a member of the college of [Bardsey](/source/Bardsey_Island) which was founded as a monastery in 516 AD.

thumb|Llandwrog village centre

== Dedications ==
There are three other dedications to Saint Twrog: Bodwrog in [Anglesey](/source/Anglesey) ([St Twrog's Church, Bodwrog](/source/St_Twrog's_Church%2C_Bodwrog)), [Llandwrog](/source/Llandwrog) near [Caernarfon](/source/Caernarfon), and the ruined chapel on [St Twrog's Island](/source/St_Twrog's_Island) near [Beachley](/source/Beachley) by the Severn Road Bridge.

== Maen Twrog ==
When Twrog first arrived in the village now called Maentwrog, the valley was very marshy, which provided him with the [wattle](/source/wattle_(construction)) that he would have needed to build his cell. Outside the church near to the [belfry](/source/Bell_tower) door is a large stone known as the Maen Twrog (maen being the Welsh for stone). Twrog is reputed to have thrown the stone from the top of [Moelwyn](/source/Moelwyn) crushing a [pagan](/source/pagan) [altar](/source/altar) in the valley below. It is said that his handprints can still be seen in the stone. The parish of Maentwrog gets its name from this stone<ref>{{Cite book |last=Baring-Gould |first=Sabine |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=0jLjYgygkB0C |title=The Lives of the British Saints: The Saints of Wales, Cornwall and Irish Saints |last2=Fisher |first2=John |date=2005-06-01 |publisher=Kessinger Publishing |isbn=978-0-7661-8767-2 |language=en}}</ref>

In the book of Welsh mythology, the [Mabinogion](/source/Mabinogion), a hero [Pryderi](/source/Pryderi) was killed at the [Glaslyn river](/source/River_Glaslyn) and is buried in Maentwrog.  The boulder supposedly hurled by the saint is the one said to mark Pryderi's grave.

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