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i96 Lives of the Saints. [Nov 8
But the account given by the Breton writers is different, so
that we are disposed to think it must refer to another saint
of the same name; yet if so, it is curious that he should
be unknown to the Welsh. According to the Breton account,
he was the son of Brochwel Ysgythrog, prince of Powys, and
of Arddun Benasgell, sister of Dunawd. Brochwel succeeded his father Cyngen ap Cadell in the principality of
Powys, and lived till after the time of S. Augustine, when
he commanded the reserve left for the protection of the
monks of Bangor, on the advance of Ethelfrid against the
British army at Chester. Ethelfrid, instead of directing his
attack upon the British army, fell on the monks and massacred twelve hundred of them.1 Brochwel was defeated
and fled. According to the Welsh genealogies Brochwel
had three children, Tysilio, Cynan Gargwyn, and Llyr;
and no mention is made of Sulien, or Suliau, Maian, Jacob,
and Chanaan, attributed to him by the Breton accounts.
The Breton legend is to this effect:—Suliau, as he is there
called, was persuaded by Guymarch, abbot of Meibot (Mei-
fod in Montgomery),2 to fly his father's court, and embrace
a life of religion. He took occasion of a chase to make
his escape and take refuge with Guymarch (Gwyddfarch);
the abbot sent him for security to a cell in the island in
Aber-menew, and after the resentment of his father was
appeased, recalled him. Suliau found the abbot very
anxious to journey to Rome. He tried to dissuade him,
assuring him that his departure would prove disastrous to
the abbey. When Guymarch could not thus be dissuaded,
Suliau took him to the top of a mound, and showed him
thence in panorama all the churches, temples, and other
public buildings of Rome, even the obelisk which Con-
stantius had brought from Heliopolis, and the ruins of the
1 Bede, H. E. ii. 2.
2 Gwyddfarch, son of Amalarius, prince of Powell, was abbot of Meifod at the
I close of the 8th century.
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| Title | The lives of the saints - 13 |
| Creator | Baring-Gould, S. (Sabine) |
| Publisher | J. Grant |
| Place of Publication | Edinburgh |
| Date | 1914 |
| Language | eng |
| Type | Books/Pamphlets |
| Title | 00000236 |
| Type | Books/Pamphlets |
| Transcript | ft ft i96 Lives of the Saints. [Nov 8 But the account given by the Breton writers is different, so that we are disposed to think it must refer to another saint of the same name; yet if so, it is curious that he should be unknown to the Welsh. According to the Breton account, he was the son of Brochwel Ysgythrog, prince of Powys, and of Arddun Benasgell, sister of Dunawd. Brochwel succeeded his father Cyngen ap Cadell in the principality of Powys, and lived till after the time of S. Augustine, when he commanded the reserve left for the protection of the monks of Bangor, on the advance of Ethelfrid against the British army at Chester. Ethelfrid, instead of directing his attack upon the British army, fell on the monks and massacred twelve hundred of them.1 Brochwel was defeated and fled. According to the Welsh genealogies Brochwel had three children, Tysilio, Cynan Gargwyn, and Llyr; and no mention is made of Sulien, or Suliau, Maian, Jacob, and Chanaan, attributed to him by the Breton accounts. The Breton legend is to this effect:—Suliau, as he is there called, was persuaded by Guymarch, abbot of Meibot (Mei- fod in Montgomery),2 to fly his father's court, and embrace a life of religion. He took occasion of a chase to make his escape and take refuge with Guymarch (Gwyddfarch); the abbot sent him for security to a cell in the island in Aber-menew, and after the resentment of his father was appeased, recalled him. Suliau found the abbot very anxious to journey to Rome. He tried to dissuade him, assuring him that his departure would prove disastrous to the abbey. When Guymarch could not thus be dissuaded, Suliau took him to the top of a mound, and showed him thence in panorama all the churches, temples, and other public buildings of Rome, even the obelisk which Con- stantius had brought from Heliopolis, and the ruins of the 1 Bede, H. E. ii. 2. 2 Gwyddfarch, son of Amalarius, prince of Powell, was abbot of Meifod at the I close of the 8th century. ft : -ft |
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