Cyngar of Llangefni

Saint Cyngar was a 5th-century Catholic Pre-congregational saint. He is the Patron Saint of Llangefni, Anglesey, in Wales, and a founding member of St. Cybi's Monastery at Holyhead, Anglesey.

Church of St Cybi in Llangybi

Born around 488 AD he was the son of King Gerren Llyngesog of Dumnonia. As a mature man, he became a follower of his nephew, St. Cybi Felyn, whom he accompanied to Edeligion in South Wales where the built churches in Llangybi-upon-Usk and Llanddyfrwyr-yn-Edeligion before King Glywys of Glywysing forced them to leave.^[1] They then went to the island of Aran Mor in Ireland where they spent 4 years building churches.^[2] after which they moved to the Lleyn Peninsula at Cricieth.

They finally established an important monastery at Holyhead Anglesey^[3] from where, St. Cyngar founded the church at Llangefni.

He died on 7 November, of an unknown year in the mid-6th century (probably 550 AD) and he was buried in Llangefni.^[4]

References

1. ↑ Edelig Edeligion, King of Edeligion.
2. ↑ Nicholas Orme, The Saints of Cornwall (Google eBook) (Oxford University Press, 2000) page 99.
3. ↑ Arnold, Christopher J & Davies, Jeffrey L Roman & Early Medieval Wales. (Sutton Publishing, 2000).
4. ↑ St. Cyngar of Llangefni.