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Key Image Eglwys Sant Gybi/St Cybi’s Church
Market Square
LL65 1BU Caergybi/Holyhead
United Kingdom
Denomination: Anglican
Congregation: Bro Cybi (Esgobaeth Bangor/Diocese of Bangor, Archdeaconry of Bangor, Synod Ynys Môn)
Geogr. Coordinates: 53.31151° N, 4.63268° W
Geo Location
Reference year: 1300
Architectural style: Gothic
Description: Gothic parish church of the Perpendicular style with transepts and a massive, rectangular west tower
Name derivation: From St. Cybi
Noteworthy
  • Carvings of the Perpendicular period above the south door
History:
About 540:   St Cybi founds a clas and a church within the precincts of an abandoned Roman fort
10th cent.:   Sacked during a Viking raid
13th cent.:   Construction of the present church starts, with the chancel remaining from this period
15th cent.:   (and 16th cent.) Church completed in its present form, mainly of the Perpendicular style
1405:   Church damaged by Henry IV’s troops during his campaign against Owain Glyndŵr
17th cent.:   Systematical destruction of interior windows, tombs and statues by Cromwell’s troops
1897:   Addition of a Victorian chapel to the south (architect Hamo Thornycroft)
2019:   Renovations of the stonework planned
Important persons:
Patron:  Cybi (483–555, Welsh saint and bishop, cousin of St David)
Sources
Britain Express: Holyhead, St Cybi, https://www.britainexpress.com/attractions.htm?attraction=575, retrieved 24/12/2018
Holy Island Ministry Area – Bro Cybi: St Cybi’s Church, Holyhead, http://www.holyheadparishchurches.co.uk/st-cybis-church-holyhead/, retrieved 24/12/2018
The Friends of St. Cybi: The History of St. Cybi, http://www.stcybi.co.uk/history.htm, retrieved 24/12/2018
Wikipedia: St Cybi's Church, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/St_Cybi's_Church, retrieved 24/12/2018
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