Saint Ina Explained

Saint Ina is thought to be a fifth century Welsh saint and a member of the royal house of Gwynedd.

Ina was the daughter of Ceredig ab Cunedda Wledig (–453),^[1] and a granddaughter of Cunedda Wledig, the progenitor of the royal dynasty of Gwynedd. The church of St Ina in Llanina in Ceredigion is dedicated to her. There is a tradition that the dedicatee is the Anglo-Saxon King Ine (or Ina) of Wessex (died 727), but this is not true.^{[2] [3]}

St Ina Road in Heath, Cardiff is presumably named after this Saint Ina, as it is among a group of roads named after Celtic saints.

Sources

• Book: Sabine Baring-Gould

. Baring-Gould. Sabine Baring-Gould. Sabine. Fisher. John. Lives of the British Saints. 1911. Honourable Society of Cymmrodorion. 318.

Notes and References

1. Book: Evans . John Thomas . The Church Plate of Cardiganshire . 1914 . James H. Alden . United Kingdom . 68.
2. Book: Various . Davies and Kirby . Cardiganshire County History Vol. I. . 392 . ‘The Church in Ceredigion in the Early Middle Ages’.
3. Web site: Dyfed Archaeological Trust . St Ina, Llanina, Ceredigion . 5 February 2023.