Ufelwy is a 6th-century saint of Wales and grandson of Gildas.[1] He was a priest, bishop, saint and confessor.[2][3] He was granted land from church officials upon which he built a church.[4][3]

References

  1. ↑ Liber landavensis, Llyfr Teilo, or, The ancient register of the Cathedral Church of Llandaff [microform]: from MSS. in the libraries of Hengwrt, and of Jesus College, Oxford : with an English translation and explanatory notes (Welsh MSS. Society, 1840) p404.
  2. ↑ Baring-Gould, S.; Fisher, John (1913). The Lives of the British Saints, The Saints of Wales and Cornwall and Such Irish Saints As Have Dedications in Britain. pp. 306–310.
  3. 1 2 Smith, William; Wace, Henry (1887). A Dictionary of Christian Biography, Literature, Sects and Doctrines: Being a Continuation of "The Dictionary of the Bible". J. Murray.
  4. ↑ "Upper Erging or Insula Eurddil, South West Herefordshire, 1916, Ewyas Lacy Study Group". www.ewyaslacy.org.uk. Retrieved 2019-07-10.


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