Llanbabo
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  Llanbabo Llanbabo shown within Anglesey |
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| OS grid reference | SH375865 |
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| Community | Tref Alaw |
| Principal area | Anglesey |
| Ceremonial county | Gwynedd |
| Country | Wales |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Postcode district | LL66 |
| Police | North Wales |
| Fire | North Wales |
| Ambulance | Welsh |
| EU Parliament | Wales |
| UK Parliament | Ynys Môn |
| Welsh Assembly | Ynys Môn |
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
- ↑ 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.
- ↑ Rees, Rice (1836). An essay on the Welsh saints or the primitive christians ... founders of churches in Wales. Cardiff: Longman. p. 168, 883.