Llechid was a 6th-century

pre-congregational saint In the Catholic Church, the Dicastery for the Causes of Saints, previously named the Congregation for the Causes of Saints (), is the dicastery of the Roman Curia that oversees the complex process that leads to the canonization of saints, passi ...

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. Born about 556 AD in

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, she was the child of

Ithel Hael Ithel Hael ("Ithel the Generous") or Ithel Hael o Lydaw was a prince of Armorica In ancient times, Armorica or Aremorica (Gaulish: ; ; ) was a region of Gaul between the Seine and the Loire that includes the Brittany Peninsula, and much of h ...

de Cornouaille and an unknown mother. Her family moved to Wales, where many of her siblings founded churches. She is the patroness saint of

Llanllechid Llanllechid () is a village and community (Wales), community in Gwynedd, Wales. The village is near Bethesda, Gwynedd, Bethesda, and the community had a population of 889 at the 2011 UK census and an area of . The community also includes Talybo ...

Wales, where she built a

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and where a holy well (now lost) is attributed to her. Llechid's

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is given as either December 1 or 2nd. Ffynnon Llechid, Llanllechid

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6th-century births 6th-century Christian saints Year of birth unknown Year of death unknown Christian female saints of the Middle Ages 6th-century Welsh women 6th-century Welsh people {{Saint-stub