St Cadfan, abbot of Bardsey

Cadfan was the patron of the church at Tywyn and a twelfth-century poem names him as the first abbot of the monastery on Enlli (Bardsey Island). According to the poem, the Latin Life of St Padarn, and the Bonedd y Saint, he came to Wales from Brittany.

Iconclass reference: 11H(CADFAN)

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  St Cadfan St Cadfan
artist: George J. Hunt
about 1936
Church of St Buan, Boduan, Gwynedd
east wall of the north transept
  St Matthew, St David and St Cadfan St Matthew, St David and St Cadfan
firm/studio: Samuel Evans
1883
Church of St Cadfan, Tywyn, Gwynedd
west wall of the nave
  The Virgin Mary with St Peter and St Cadfan The Virgin Mary with St Peter and St Cadfan
firm/studio: Herbert Bryans
1909
Church of St Cadfan, Tywyn, Gwynedd
north wall of the north transept
  Christ in Glory with Saints and Angels Christ in Glory with Saints and Angels
firm/studio: Celtic Studios
glass painter: John Edwards
designer: Bryan Tobias Evans
cartoonist: Fred Prior
cartoonist: Fred Haycock
1958
Church of St David, Nefyn, Gwynedd
east wall of the chancel