Saint Dyfnan ap Brychan was an obscure Welsh

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. He was sometimes accounted a son of

Brychan Brychan ap Anlach of Brycheiniog was a legendary 5th-century king of Brycheiniog (Brecknockshire, alternatively Breconshire) in Mid Wales. Name variations Brychan had Irish ancestry and came from Ireland to Wales, therefore his original name ...

, the invading Irish king of

Brycheiniog Brycheiniog was an independent kingdom in South Wales in the Early Middle Ages. It often acted as a buffer state between England to the east and the south Welsh kingdom of Deheubarth to the west. It was conquered and pacified by the Normans ...

Legacy

Llanddyfnan Llanddyfnan is a village and community (Wales), community in Anglesey, Wales, located north east of Llangefni, north west of Menai Bridge and west of Beaumaris. Description The community includes the villages of Capel Coch, Ceint, Llanddyfn ...

("St Dyfnan's") was dedicated to him on

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and claimed his

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s.Baring-Gould, Sabine & al
''The Lives of the British Saints: The Saints of Wales and Cornwall and Such Irish Saints as Have Dedications in Britain'', Vol. II, p. 396.
Honourable Society of Cymmrodorion (London), 1911. He is commemorated on 24 April.

References

Year of birth unknown Year of death unknown Children of Brychan Welsh Roman Catholic saints 5th-century Welsh people 5th-century Christian saints {{Wales-hist-stub