St. Almedha

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Feastday: August 1
Died: 6th Century

Virgin and martyr, also called Aled or Filuned. The Welsh tradition reports that Almedha was the daughter of King Brychan. Having taken a vow of virginity and dedicated to Christ, Almedha fled from her father's royal residence to escape marriage to the prince of a neighboring kingdom. She went to three Welsh villages - Llandrew, Llanfillo, and Llechfaen - but the people turned her away, despite her promise warning that dreadful thing calamaties would befall anyone who denied her sanctuary. Almedha reached Brecon, where she took up residence in a small hut, but the king arrived and demanded her return. When she refused him, he beheaded her. Tradition states that a spring of water appeared on the site of her murder. The three villages that refused her were visited by disasters.

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E. Seelye
2 years ago
In some older accounts of the saints, "Almedha" is used interchangeably with many other different names, including my name, "Ellyn". Yet modern accounts rarely mention Ellyn as a variant of Almedha. Has the "Ellyn" form been discredited?

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