Baruc

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Saint Baruc (also known as Barruc or, in modern Welsh, Barrwg) was a 6th century Welsh saint who gave his name to the town of Barry in the Vale of Glamorgan in South Wales.

Baruc was a disciple of Saint Cadoc who forgot to bring the latter's reading matter with them on a journey to the island of Flat Holm. Cadoc sent him back and he drowned in the Bristol Channel on the return journey. He was buried on Barry Island. The ruins of the chapel that was dedicated to him can still be seen in Friars Road, Cadoxton. His feast day is 27 September.

Baruc gives is name to a Welsh primary school in Barry called Ysgol Gymraeg Sant Baruc and also the electoral borough in Barry known as the Baruc Ward.


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