Saint Twrog

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Portrait of St Twrog on the window at St twrog's Church, Maentwrog, Gwynedd, Wales

Saint Twrog - feast day 26 June - was a 6th-century Welsh saint who founded the church at Maentwrog, having come to Wales early in the Age of the Saints.

Early life

It is believed that Twrog was the son of

Llandegai and Saint Baglan of Llanfaglan and Baglan.[1]

He was a member of the college of Bardsey which was founded as a monastery in 516 AD.

Llandwrog village centre

Dedications

There are three other dedications to Saint Twrog: Bodwrog in Anglesey (St Twrog's Church, Bodwrog), Llandwrog near Caernarfon, and the ruin on Chapel Rock near Beachley by the Severn Road Bridge.

Maen Twrog

When Twrog first arrived in the village now called Maentwrog, the valley was very marshy, which provided him with the

pagan altar in the valley below. It is said that his handprints can still be seen in the stone. The parish of Maentwrog gets its name from this stone[2]

In the book of Welsh mythology, the

Glaslyn river
and is buried in Maentwrog. The boulder supposedly hurled by the saint is the one said to mark Pryderi's grave.

References

  1. ^ Williams, Robert (1852). Enwogion Cymru: A Biographical Dictionary of Eminent Welshmen, from the Earliest Times to the Present, and Including Every Name Connected with the Ancient History of Wales. W. Rees.
  2. ISBN 978-0-7661-8767-2
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