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Key Image Eglwys Santes Dwynwen/St Dwynwen’s Church
Llanddwyn Island
LL61 6SG Llanfairpwllgwyngyll (Niwbwrch/Newborough)
United Kingdom
Denomination: (remains)
Geogr. Coordinates: 53.13752° N, 4.41284° W
Geo Location
Reference year: 1500
Building type: Single-nave church
Description: Cruciform single-nave church with relatively short nave and long chancel, oriented towards north east
Name derivation: From St Dwynwen
Building material
  • Stone rubble and sandstone dressings
History:
Mid- 5th cent.:   St Dwynwen is said to have built the first chapel on the site
16th cent.:   Construction of the church, whose remains are to be seen today
2013:   Considerable consolidation work
Important persons:
Patron:  Dwynwen (? – c. 460, daughter of King Brychan Brycheiniog, hermit; St Dwynwen’s Day is the Welsh version of Valentine’s Day)
Sources
Ancient Monuments [Goodge, Mark]: St Dwynwen's Church, https://ancientmonuments.uk/131537-st-dwynwens-church-rhosyr#.WyqoZ6m-nOS, retrieved 20/06/2018
Coflein: St Dwynwen's Church, Llanddwyn Island, National Monuments Record of Wales, http://www.coflein.gov.uk/en/site/27548/details/st-dwynwens-church-llanddwyn-island, retrieved 20/06/2018
Schäfer, Joachim: Ökumenisches Heiligenlexikon, Eintrag „Dwynwen von Llanddwyn“, https://www.heiligenlexikon.de/BiographienD/Dwynwen_von_Llanddwyn.html, retrieved 20/06/2018
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