Gwladys
Sign in to saveSaint Gwladys ferch Brychan () or St Gladys (), daughter of King Brychan of Brycheiniog, was the queen of the saint-king Gwynllyw Milwr and the mother of Cadoc "the Wise", whose Vita may be the earliest saint's life to mention Arthur. Gwladys's other children were Cynidr, Bugi, Cyfyw, Maches, Glywys II and Egwine. Today her main church and associated school is in Bargoed.
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- Born
- 30 April 1875
- Died
- 1964
- Works
- 51
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Gender
- female
- Citizenship
- Wales
- Place of birth
- Brecon
- Place of death
- Gelligaer
- Spouse
- Gwynllyw
- Father
- Brychan Brycheiniog
- Languages spoken
- Welsh
- Noble title
- queen
- Image
- St Gwladus in Gwladus.jpg
- Residence
- Gelligaer
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- floruit
- 0500-00-00
- date of birth
- 0500-00-00
- feast day
- March 29
- canonization status
- saint
- P12749
- Martin Bossange
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Saint Gwladys ferch Brychan () or St Gladys (), daughter of King Brychan of Brycheiniog, was the queen of the saint-king Gwynllyw Milwr and the mother of Cadoc "the Wise", whose Vita may be the earliest saint's life to mention Arthur. Gwladys's other children were Cynidr, Bugi, Cyfyw, Maches, Glywys II and Egwine. Today her main church and associated school is in Bargoed.
==Traditional history== The medieval lives of Cadoc (by Lifris c. 1086) and of Gwynllyw (c. 1120) preserve different legendary details of Gwladys. Among the best attested of all of Brychan's half-Irish saintly children, she is also mentioned in Welsh king-lists.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Gwladys” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.