Dewi Nantbrân (real name David or Dewi Powell; died 1781) was a
Welsh Friar Minor
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. He wrote the "Catechism Byrr o'r Athrawiaeth Ghristnogol" (
London
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, 1764), a short
catechism
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of Christian doctrine in the
Welsh language
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.
Powell, who came from
Abergavenny
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, was described by
Meic Stephens
Meic Stephens, FLSW (23 July 1938 – 2 July 2018) was a Welsh literary editor, journalist, translator, and poet.
Birth and education
Meic Stephens was born on 23 July 1938 in the village of Treforest, near Pontypridd, Glamorgan. He was edu ...
as the most notable Catholic writer of his century for his three Welsh-language books.
References
1781 deaths
Date of birth unknown
Welsh Friars Minor
Welsh-language writers
18th-century Welsh writers
18th-century Welsh male writers
People from Abergavenny
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