St Gwynllyw

Welsh saint associated with the church at Newport, Gwent. In the twelfth-century Vita S. Gundleii he was the king of Gwent, who renounced his wealth and position for a religious life, along with his wife Gwladys. They were the parents of Cadog, who cult is more widespread in south-east Wales. Gwynllyw has been associated with the church at Nantcynlle, in Ceredigion, and there is a trace of a cult to him in Brittany. He is known in the Anglicised form Woolos in Newport, where the parish church was raised to cathedral status as St Woolos Cathedral after the creation of the Diocese of Monmouth in 1921.

Iconclass reference: 11H(GWYNLLYW)

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  St Gwynllyw with St Cadog and St Gwladys St Gwynllyw with St Cadog and St Gwladys
firm/studio: G. Maile & Son
designer: Arthur Walker
about 1956 and 1966
Church of St Sannan, Bedwellty, Caerphilly
south wall of the south nave (baptistry)
  Gwynllyw Kneels Before an Angel    from    Scenes from the Life of St Gwynllyw Gwynllyw Kneels Before an Angel
from Scenes from the Life of St Gwynllyw

firm/studio: Camm & Co.
about 1913
Church of St Hilary, Trefilan, Ceredigion
south wall of the nave (window number: sIII, sIV, sV)
  Welsh Saints Welsh Saints
firm/studio: Celtic Studios
1949 and 1959
Church of St Gabriel, Brynmill, Swansea
west wall of the nave
  The Risen Christ with the Virgin Mary, St John the Baptist and Saints The Risen Christ with the Virgin Mary, St John the Baptist and Saints
firm/studio: Powell & Sons (Whitefriars) Ltd
designer: James Hogan
artist: A. F. Erridge
1929
Church of All Saints, Oystermouth, Swansea
east wall of the chancel (window number: I)
  Christ in Majesty with Welsh Saints Christ in Majesty with Welsh Saints
designer: Christopher Webb
designer: J. B. L. Tolhurst
about 1927
Church of St James, Cardiff
sanctuary