Cyfyw was a 6th-century

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and

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and Wales. Cyfyw is a patron of Llangyfyw (Llangeview).

Life

Cyfyw was born to

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Gwynllyw Gwynllyw Filwr or Gwynllyw Farfog (), known in English in a corrupted form as Woolos the Warrior or Woolos the Bearded (; 450 – 500 CE) was a Welsh king and religious figure. He was King of Gwynllŵg in South Wales and is the legendary found ...

and his wife

Gwladys Saint Gwladys ferch Brychan () or St Gladys (), daughter of King Brychan of Brycheiniog, was the queen of the saint-king Gwynllyw Milwr and the mother of Cadoc "the Wise", whose ''Vita'' may be the earliest saint's life to mention Arthur. Gwl ...

.She was the

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of St.

Cadoc Saint Cadoc or Cadog (; also Modern Welsh: Catawg or Catwg; born or before) was a 5th–6th-century Abbot of Llancarfan, near Cowbridge in Glamorgan, Wales, a monastery famous from the era of the Celtic church as a centre of learning, wher ...

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and

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. St David's Church, Llangeview was originally dedicated to Saint Cyfyw and now bears a commemoration."St Cyfyw's Church, Llangeview", Comisiwn Brenhinol Henebion Cymru
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References

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