Dingad or Dingat ap Brychan was a late 5th century

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and early

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church founder. He is recorded in all the early 'Brychan documents' as a son of King

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, King of the Welsh kingdom of

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in south-east Wales. He was patron of Llandingat Church (in

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) in

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and of

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. It is, however, sometimes suggested that the latter

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's titular is Dingad ap Nudd Hael, so-called 'King of Brynbuga' (

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in Monmouthshire).

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Sources

*Farmer, David Hugh. (1978). ''The Oxford Dictionary of Saints''. Oxford: Oxford University Press. {{Authority control People from Powys Welsh royalty 5th-century Christian saints Children of Brychan 5th-century Welsh people