AELHAEARN
(
7th cent.
),
patron saint
.
He was, according to the lists, the son of
Hygarfael
, son of
Cyndrwyn
of
Llystin Wennan
, now
Moel Feliarth
, in the parish of
Llangadfan, Mont.
He is the reputed founder of
Guilsfield
,
Llanaelhaearn
, and an extinct chapel of the same name, now covered by
Gwyddelwern
. His name, which often appears in the form
Elhaearn
, is also commemorated in
Ffynnon Aelhaearn
, a holy well, formerly credited with healing virtue, but now supplying water to the village of
Llanaelhaearn
.
Aelhaearn's day
is
1 Nov.
; of his history nothing is known, though the dedications tend to support the statement that he was a follower of
Beuno
.
Sources:
-
The Lives of the British Saints
, i, 109-12.
Author:
Sir John Edward Lloyd, D.Litt., F.B.A., F.S.A. (1861-1947), Bangor
