Llanbabo

Llanbabo
Llanbabo
 Llanbabo shown within Anglesey
OS grid referenceSH375865
CommunityTref Alaw
Principal areaAnglesey
Ceremonial countyGwynedd
CountryWales
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Postcode district LL66
Police North Wales
Fire North Wales
Ambulance Welsh
EU Parliament Wales
UK ParliamentYnys Môn
Welsh AssemblyYnys Môn
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Coordinates: 53°21′01″N 4°26′34″W / 53.350349°N 4.442792°W

Llanbabo (Welsh: Church of Pabo) is a small village two miles north west of Llannerch-y-medd in Anglesey, Wales. It lies within the community of Tref Alaw.[1]

The ancient church of St Pabo, Llanbabo is dedicated to Saint Pabo: possibly Pabo Post Prydain, one of the leaders among the Britons of the Hen Ogledd following the withdrawal of the Roman legions. He is said to have founded a church here in 460, upon the site of which the present one is built, and to have been buried here along with his daughters. A 14th-century effigy of Pabo, along with the words HIC JACET PABO POST PRUD CORPORS ... TE ... PRIMA, is found on a stone in the church.[2]

Llyn Alaw lies nearby.

Notes

  1. Davies, John; Jenkins, Nigel; Menna, Baines; Lynch, Peredur I., eds. (2008). The Welsh Academy Encyclopaedia of Wales. Cardiff: University of Wales Press. p. 883. ISBN 978-0-7083-1953-6.
  2. Rees, Rice (1836). An essay on the Welsh saints or the primitive christians ... founders of churches in Wales. Cardiff: Longman. p. 168, 883.