Saint Trillo is the patron saint and founder of the churches at Llandrillo, Denbighshire and Llandrillo yn Rhos,

Rhos-on-Sea Rhos-on-Sea () is a seaside resort and community in Conwy County Borough, Wales. The population was 7,593 at the 2011 census. It adjoins Colwyn Bay and is named after the Welsh kingdom of Rhos established there in late Roman Britain as a sub- ...

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, Wales. According to Enwogion Cymru, Trillo was a saint who lived in the early part of the sixth century. He was one of the sons 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 ...

. Trillo was nobly born in Brittany and went to Wales with his brothers Saint Tegai and Saint Twrog as a disciple and student of

Saint Cadfan Cadfan (), was the 6th century founder-abbot of Tywyn (whose church is dedicated to him) and Bardsey, both in Gwynedd, Wales. He was said to have received the island of Bardsey from Einion Frenin, king of Llŷn, around 516 and to have serv ...

, who later admitted Trillo to the religious life. Trillo became an Abbot and church-founder, noted for his holiness. He was buried on

Bardsey Island Bardsey Island (), known as the legendary "Island of 20,000 Saints", is located off the Llŷn Peninsula in the Wales, Welsh county of Gwynedd. The Welsh language, Welsh name means "The Island in the Currents", while its English name refers to t ...

. His church at Llandrillo contains representations in stained glass of some of the stories of Trillo's life. The glass was commissioned in the 1920s in memory of a former parish priest. Tram no 7 on the

Great Orme Tramway The Great Orme Tramway () is a cable-hauled gauge tramway in Llandudno in north Wales. Open seasonally from late March to late October, it takes over 200,000 passengers each year from Llandudno Victoria Station to just below the summit of the G ...

is named St Trillo in honour of the saint.

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Companions of Cadfan 6th-century Christian saints {{UK-saint-stub