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    Illtud (also spelled Illtyd, Eltut, and, in Latin, Hildutus), also known as Illtud Farchog or Illtud the Knight, is venerated as the abbot teacher of the...
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    in 2021. Llanilltud Fawr, named for the Llan of Saint Illtud, was home to the Monastery of Illtud and the college known as Bangor Illtyd. It became one...
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    to Ricca, the chief elder of Cornwall. The 12th-century Life of St Illtud says Illtud was the son of Rieingulid (daughter of Amlawdd Wledig), and cousin...
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    Theodosius II. It is now generally accepted as having been founded by St. Illtud c. AD 508, from whom it derives its name. The current church building was...
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    Mynydd Illtud is an extensive area of common land near Libanus, Powys, Wales, located in the Brecon Beacons National Park and some three miles south-west...
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    Glamorgan, under the care of St Illtud, and was a companion of St Samson of Dol and St Paul Aurelian. His master Illtud loved him tenderly and taught him...
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  • Chulainn chariot-horses in the tale of the Táin Bó Cúailnge. In Wales, Saint Illtud was a very important Culdee figure in Celtic Christianity, he founded a...
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    earlier parallels in Celtic stories of men who commanded the tides: Saint Illtud of Glamorgan, Maelgwn, king of Gwynedd, and Tuirbe of Tuirbe's Strand in...
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    Country Park, south of Port Talbot. The walk is named after Illtyd (or Illtud), a late-fifth / early-sixth century Welsh saint. The route skirts the fringes...
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    attested, saw the "Age of Saints" among the Welsh. Saint Dubric, Saint Illtud, and others first completed the Christianization of Wales. Unwilling or...
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    prophecy concerning his birth his parents placed him under the care of Illtud, Abbot of Llantwit Fawr, where he was raised and educated. Samson later...
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    named after Welsh saints: Dewi (house colour: yellow), Dyfrig (green), Illtud (red) and Teilo (blue). The four houses annually compete in the "Gŵyl Glantaf"...
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    an early medieval monastery and school said to have been founded by St Illtud in the early 6th century, the forerunner of St Illtyd's Church, Llantwit...
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    gnomic poetry, the Mabinogion stories, and the 11th-century hagiography of Illtud. A character called Drystan appears as one of King Arthur's advisers at...
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    Columba Columbanus Cuthbert David Dubricius Finnian of Movilla Gwynllyw Illtud Julius and Aaron Kentigern Malo Ninian Oudoceus Patrick Samson of Dol Teilo...
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    famous from the era of the British church as a centre of learning, where Illtud spent the first period of his religious life under Cadoc's tutelage. Cadoc...
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    (725 ha), 61 houses and a population of 264. The present parish church of St Illtud dates from 1884, replacing an earlier church of 1820. Stones in the porch...
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  • American rapper (b. 1994) Christian feast days: Barlaam of Khutyn Demetrian Illtud Leonard of Noblac Melaine of Rennes Winnoc November 6 (Eastern Orthodox...
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    corresponding closely to the model used elsewhere in the Christian world. Illtud, David, Gildas, and Deiniol were leading figures in 6th-century Britain...
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  • Holland, Chair & Director for England; John Cooke, Director for Scotland; Illtud Dunsford, Director for Wales; and Paula McIntyre, Director for Slow Food...
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    relationship of first cousins that is implied or stated between Arthur, Culhwch, Illtud, and Goreu fab Custennin depends upon all of their mothers being daughters...
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  • Columba Columbanus Cuthbert David Dubricius Finnian of Movilla Gwynllyw Illtud Julius and Aaron Kentigern Malo Ninian Oudoceus Patrick Samson of Dol Teilo...
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    Columba Columbanus Cuthbert David Dubricius Finnian of Movilla Gwynllyw Illtud Julius and Aaron Kentigern Malo Ninian Oudoceus Patrick Samson of Dol Teilo...
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    (2612)". National Historic Assets of Wales. Retrieved 19 April 2022. "St Illtud, Mamhilad". Church in Wales. Retrieved 12 August 2017. Newman 2000, p. 378...
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  • version of the legend of Merlin, here called Lailoken) Vita Sancti Illtud c. 1190s (Illtud came across from Brittany to visit his cousin Arthur's court. King...
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  • have been a Breton prince, the son of Ithel Hael. He studied at Saint Illtud's monastic school at Llanilltud Fawr (Llantwit Major) and later travelled...
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    settlements throughout the country, by religious leaders such as Saint David, Illtud, Padarn and Saint Teilo. This was the period when the Welsh people developed...
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  • Columba Columbanus Cuthbert David Dubricius Finnian of Movilla Gwynllyw Illtud Julius and Aaron Kentigern Malo Ninian Oudoceus Patrick Samson of Dol Teilo...
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    King Ithael Hoel of Brittany, was a 6th-century hermit and follower of St Illtud. He founded the first church at the town that now takes his name. In the...
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    cynghanedd. The Welsh Dragon on a trig point at Twyn y Gaer hill fort, Mynydd Illtud. The Welsh Dragon motif of Felinfoel Brewery. Red Dragon sculpture, Welsh...
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