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Saint Eigron was a
pre-congregational saint of
medieval
South Wales .
He was the brother of Saint
Gwenafwy whom he travelled to
Cornwall with, a brother to
Gildas and a son of
Caw of Strathclyde .
[1] He was the
Patron Saint of
Llanigon ,
Wales
[2] and founded a
Church in
Cernyw .
[3]
References
^ Rev Rice Rees, Welsh Saints or Primitive Christians usually considered to be Founders of Churches in Wales (Longman Rees Orme Brown and Green, 1836)
page 230 .
^ The Place names of Wales
page 71
Archived 27 July 2014 at the
Wayback Machine .
^ S Baring-Gould and John Fisher, The Lives of British Saints (Hon Society of Cymmrodorium 1908)
page 418 .