Saint Rhian was a Welsh

abbot Abbot is an ecclesiastical title given to the head of an independent monastery for men in various Western Christian traditions. The name is derived from ''abba'', the Aramaic form of the Hebrew ''ab'', and means "father". The female equivale ...

. He is a virtually unknown

saint In Christianity, Christian belief, a saint is a person who is recognized as having an exceptional degree of sanctification in Christianity, holiness, imitation of God, likeness, or closeness to God in Christianity, God. However, the use of the ...

other than his feast day, which is March 8. The village name of

Llanrhian Llanrhian is a small village, Community (Wales), community and parish in Pembrokeshire in west Wales, near the coast, south of Porthgain village. The community of Llanrhian includes the settlements of Llanhowell (), Croesgoch, Portheiddy, Porthga ...

, Pembrokeshire, commemorates him and its church is dedicated to St Rhian. He is the patron saint of lovers, beekeepers, epilepsy, fainting, and the plague.

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