St Melangell's Church
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St Melangell's Church is a Grade I listed medieval building of the Church in Wales located in the former village of Pennant Melangell, in the Tanat Valley, Powys, Wales. The church was founded around
Church and churchyard
Farmhouse at Pennant Melangell
A 1795 watercolour of St Melangell's Church by John Ingleby, showing the square cell-y-bedd at the east end
Melangell's shrine in the chancel, with the entrance to the cell-y-bedd in the background
Melangell
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Melangell, Latin: Monacella, lit. 'little nun' was a Welsh hermit and abbess. She possibly lived in the 7th or 8th century, although the precise dates are uncertain. According to her hagiography, she
Shrine of St Melangell
Prayer cards left by devotees at St. Melangell's shrine
The cell-y-bedd