Cynllo

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Saint Cynllo
Born	late 5th century, Probably Brittany
Died	6th century, Wales
Venerated in	Roman Catholic Church; Anglican Communion
Major shrine	Church of St Cynllo in Nantmel^{[citation needed]}
Feast	17 July
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Saint Cynllo is a Welsh saint, who lived in the 5th and 6th centuries. His feast day is 17 July.

He is variously given in the Bonedd y Saint as being a brother of Saint Teilo or a grandson of Coel Hen. Wade-Evans thought he should be identified with Kentinlau who accompanied Saint Cadfan from Brittany to Ceredigion. Cynllo's knee imprints are said to exist in a rock, near the farm Felin Gynllo, which lies just outside of Llangoedmor in Ceredigion. A medieval Welsh poem attributed to the infant Taliesin includes the line, "Not an empty treasure is the prayer of Cynllo" (Ni bydd coeg gweddi Cynllo). There are other churches in Ceredigion dedicated to Cynllo at Llangynllo and Nantcwnlle, and also the Church of St Cynllo in the community of Nantmel in the county of Powys (formerly Radnorshire). The latter was almost totally rebuilt in the late 18th century.