Gwynllyw
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Gwynllyw Filwr or Gwynllyw Farfog, known in English in a corrupted form as Woolos the Warrior or Woolos the Bearded was a Welsh king and religious figure.
Drawing of a statue of Gwynllyw (Welsh Portrait Collection)
The Vision of Saint Gwynllyw by Sebastien Boyesen
Newport Cathedral
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Newport Cathedral, also known as St Gwynllyw's or St Woolos' Cathedral, is the cathedral of the Diocese of Monmouth within the Church in Wales, and the seat of the Bishop of Monmouth. Its official tit
Gwynllyw
…a feared warlord and livestock raider who was acquainted with the mythical King Arthur, but later encountered religion and became a hermit, founding St Woolos Cathedral in Newport. He was the father of one of the most revered of Welsh saints, Saint Cadoc the Wise. The medieval lives of Saint Cadoc (c. 1100) by Lifris…
St Woolos Cathedral south face
St Gwynllyw with St Gwladys and St Cattwg fancifully depicted in a 19th-century window in the south aisle
Newport Cathedral from the west
St Mary's Chapel looking towards the east with the font in the foreground