Eigron
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Saint Eigron was a pre-congregational saint of medieval South Wales.
He was the brother of Saint Gwenafwy whom he travelled to Cornwall with, a brother to Gildas and a son of Caw of Strathclyde.[1] He was the Patron Saint of Llanigon, Wales[2] and founded a Church in Cernyw.[3]
References
[edit]- ^ Rev Rice Rees, Welsh Saints or Primitive Christians usually considered to be Founders of Churches in Wales (Longman Rees Orme Brown and Green, 1836) page 230.
- ^ The Place names of Wales page 71 Archived 27 July 2014 at the Wayback Machine.
- ^ S Baring-Gould and John Fisher, The Lives of British Saints (Hon Society of Cymmrodorium 1908) page 418.
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