:Cynidr

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File:Well, Ffynnon Gwynydd, Glasbury - geograph.org.uk - 61678.jpgSt Cynidr was a 6th-century Catholic pre-congregational saint of South Wales and first bishop of Glasbury, Powys.

Veneration

Cynidr is buried in Glasbury,[https://archive.org/stream/livesbritishsai04fishgoog#page/n281/mode/1up Lives of the British Saints]. 2, p.258. where he is venerated with a feast day of 27 April.

The parish church of St Cynidr (St Kenider) at Glasbury commemorates his work although the current church was built c.1088AD. A 'holy well' in the town is also attributed to him.

Family

File:St Eigon, Llanigon - geograph.org.uk - 714248.jpg

Cynidr was the son of St Gwladys,T. D. Breverton, A Book of Welsh Saints (Cyhoeddiadau Glyndwr, 2000). grandson of King Brychan and the brother of St Eigon, the patron saint of Llanigon,[http://www.wayonhigh.org.uk/church_llanigon.html Church at Llanigon] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130814090910/http://www.wayonhigh.org.uk/church_llanigon.html |date=August 14, 2013 }}.S. Baring-Gould, The Lives of the British Saints [https://archive.org/stream/livesofbritishsa02bariuoft#page/416/mode/2up Vol. 3]. near Glasbury.

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