Saint Eigrad

St Eugrad's Church, Llaneugrad

Saint Eigrad or Eugrad was a sixth-century Welsh saint and the founder of St Eugrad's Church in Llaneugrad, Anglesey.

Life

Eigrad is mentioned in Caradoc's Life of Gildas (12th century). He was a son of king Caw of Strathclyde, a brother of saints Gildas, and Samson of York and was a student of Saint Illtud.

In 605 AD he founded a church at Llaneugrad, Anglesey and his brother Gallgo, founded a church at Llanallgo, nearby. Today the two churches are in the same parish.

Memorial

His feast day is 6 January.

References

  1. ↑ St. Eigrad at Catholic online.org.
  2. ↑ Nicholas Carlisle, A topographical dictionary of Wales, a continuation of the topography of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland (Nicholas Carlisle, 1811) page.
  3. ↑ A Dictionary of Christian Biography (William Smith, Henry Wace, eds.) J. Murray, 1880, p. 61
  4. ↑ Lewis, Samuel (1849). "Llaneugrad (Llan-Eigrad)". A Topographical Dictionary of Wales.
  5. ↑ Monks of Ramsgate. "Eigrad". Book of Saints 1921. CatholicSaints.Info. 23 November 2012 Public Domain This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
  6. ↑ Baring-Gould, Sabine; Fisher, John (1908). The Lives of the British Saints. Vol. 2. Honourable Society of Cymmrodorion. p. 468.
    This work is described at The Lives of the Saints (Baring-Gould).
  7. ↑ Lewis, Samuel (1849). "Llaneugrad (Llan-Eigrad)". A Topographical Dictionary of Wales.
  8. ↑ "Celtic and Old English Saints - 6 January".
  9. ↑ The History of Wales, John Eddowes, 1832, p. 266
  10. ↑ St Gallgo Parish Webpage