St. Derferl-Gadarn

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Feastday: April 5
Died: 5th or 6th century

Welsh hermit, reported to have been in the battle of Camblan, where King Arthur died. He may have been a hermit before becoming a monk at Lianderfel, in Gwynedd, Wales. A carved-wood statue depicting Derfel-Gadarn as a mounted soldier was used to burn Blessed John Forest at Smithfield in 1538, by order of Thomas Cromwell.

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Evelyn Jenkins
1 month ago
There is a church on the mountains high above Llanfihangel Llantarnam on the Mynydd Maen called Llandderfel as well. It is not unknown that such monks became pellegrinati. He was driven into the church following the defeat at Camlann, and entered a ''glas'Martyrdom in atonement for his sins and those of all his friends , now dead. He studied at Llanilltyd fawr (Llantwit Major) with his brothers Arthfael and Dwyfael and it seems he spent his penance in two places, one in North Wales, near Camlann and at some stage at Llanfihangel Llantarnam (in modern day Cwmbran) His chapel was a station on the pilgrim route to Our Lady of Penrhys. During Norman times and to the 'reformation', we know bishops and many visited his shrine on the pilgrim route, as he was a dearly loved saint by local people. A bishops ring was seemingly found there by a person with a metal detector. The relic and statue were burned in England during the time of Henry VIII and the stone taken for a local farmhouse. The ruins are still there and devotion to the saint being renewed in present times.Could be looked upon as patron saint of soldiers and the broken hearted.
Sion Woods
1 year ago
There are two 'd's in Llandderfel because the word 'llan' is a feminine singular noun and in a compound noun this causes what we call a Soft Mutation to the second element. This can be seen in many place names, eg Llandeilo from 'Llan' + St Teilo. It's Welsh grammar. By the way, Derfel is mispelt in the title. It is still used as a boy's name here in Wales.
JV
1 year ago
I'm not sure where the information on his death is from, but as a local I've always heard it said that he was killed defending his church from marauding Saxons. And so not dying peacefully, as he deserved.
Steve joyce
1 year ago
The village where this saint became a monk is Llandderfel.

Llan in Welsh means church parish or place so it is "Derfels place" no idea why there are two d's in the place name now rather than one !!

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