CLYDOG (fl. 500?), saint and martyr

Name: Clydog
Parent: Clydwyn ap Brychan
Gender: Male
Occupation: saint and martyr
Area of activity: Religion
Author: John Edward Lloyd

was the son of Clydwyn ap Brychan, and ruled over Ewias, now for the most part in the county of Hereford. He is known only from the account given of him in Liber Landavensis. According to this, he was a prince of pious habits, who loved peace and justice, and who was slain while hunting on the banks of the Monnow by a jealous follower. The occasion was the declaration of a maiden, courted by the murderer, that she would marry none other than the king. After vain attempts to move the body from the spot, such as pointed to a divine over-ruling purpose, Clydog was buried where he fell. His tomb was marked by an oratory, and a cult came into being; later a church was erected, on the site of the modern Clodock, which became the ecclesiastical centre of Ewias. Territory was attached to it, which in the time of king Ithel ap Morgan (c. 750) was acquired by the see of Llandaff. No other church named after this saint is recorded. His festival was observed on 3 November

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Published date: 1959

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