Tewdrig
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Tewdrig ap Teithfallt (; ), known simply as Tewdrig, was a king of the post-Roman Kingdom of Glywysing. He abdicated in favour of his son Meurig (Maurice) and retired to live a hermitical life, but was recalled to lead his son's army against an intruding Saxon force. He won the battle, but was mortally wounded.
Key facts
- Saint.name
- Saint Tewdrig
- Saint.birth_date
- fifth or sixth century
- Saint.feast_day
- 1 April
- Saint.venerated_in
- Roman CatholicismEastern Orthodox Church
- Saint.image
- Death.of.Tewdric.jpg
- Saint.imagesize
- 200px
- Saint.caption
- Death of Tewdricafter a sculpture by J. Evan Thomas
- Saint.death_place
- Mathern, Wales
- Saint.titles
- Martyr
- Saint.major_shrine
- Church of St Tewdrig, Mathern
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- Tewdrig Sant.JPG
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- date of birth
- 0550-00-00
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- Tewdrig
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Article
8 sectionsContents
- Life
- Sources of information
- The Book of Llandaff
- Other sources
- The Iolo Manuscripts
- Sources
- Bibliography
- References
Tewdrig ap Teithfallt (; ), known simply as Tewdrig, was a king of the post-Roman Kingdom of Glywysing. He abdicated in favour of his son Meurig (Maurice) and retired to live a hermitical life, but was recalled to lead his son's army against an intruding Saxon force. He won the battle, but was mortally wounded.
The context of the battle is one of Britons versus invading Saxons, without explicit religious overtones. Since Tewdrig held to a religious lifestyle and was killed while defending a Christian kingdom against pagans, by the standards of that day Tewdrig is considered to be a martyr and a saint. The Latin form of his name is given as 'Theodoric' and his feast day is 1 April. Tewdrig's name appears in a genealogy of Jesus College MS 20, in the line of one of his descendants, but the only substantive information about the person comes from the twelfth century Book of Llandaff.