CYNIDR, saint (fl. 6th century)

Few biographical details are known concerning this saint. In both the ' De Situ Brecheniauc ' (Wade-Evans, Vitae Sanctorum Britanniae et Genealogiae, 313-5) and the ' Cognacio Brychan ' (op. cit., 315-8), Cynidr is described as the son of Ceingair, daughter of Brychan; but his father's name is not mentioned. The ' Generatio Sancti Egweni ' (op. cit., 319), however, makes Cynidr the son of Gwynllyw and Gwladys, and therefore a brother to Saint Cadoc. Cynidr is perhaps the Keneder mentioned in the composite 'Life' of S. Cadoc as one of the saints accompanying S. Cadoc in his altercation with king Arthur. Cynidr seems to have been most active in Brecknock, where the churches of Llangynidr, Aberyskir, Llan-y-wern, Cantref, and Glasbury were all originally named after him. His legend is known too at Kenderchurch and Winforton in the county of Hereford. The festival of S. Cynidr is celebrated usually on 8 December

Author

• Hywel David Emanuel, (1921 - 1970)

Sources

• Baring-Gould and John Fisher, The Lives of the British Saints: the saints of Wales and Cornwall and such Irish saints as have dedications in Britain, ii, 258-61
• Archaeologia Cambrensis, 1898, 216-21
• Wade-Evans, Vitae Sanctorum Britanniae et Genealogiae (Cardiff 1944), 313-9

Further Reading

• Wikipedia Article: Cynidr

Additional Links

• Wikidata: Q17984465

Published date: 1959

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