Saint Eigrad Explained

Saint Eigrad or Eugrad was a sixth-century Welsh saint^[1] and the founder of St Eugrad's Church in Llaneugrad, Anglesey.^[2]

Life

Eigrad is mentioned in Caradoc's Life of Gildas (12th century).^[3] He was a son of king Caw of Strathclyde, a brother of saints Gildas,^[4] and Samson of York^[5] and was a student of Saint Illtud.^[6]

In 605 AD^[7] he founded a church at Llaneugrad, Anglesey^{[8] [9]} and his brother Gallgo, founded a church at Llanallgo, nearby.^[10] Today the two churches are in the same parish.

Memorial

His feast day is 6 January.

Notes and References

1. http://www.catholic.org/saints/saint.php?saint_id=3071 St. Eigrad
2. Nicholas Carlisle, A topographical dictionary of Wales, a continuation of the topography of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland (Nicholas Carlisle, 1811) page.
3. https://books.google.com/books?id=uG7YAAAAMAAJ&dq=Saint+Eigrad&pg=PA61 A Dictionary of Christian Biography (William Smith, Henry Wace, eds.) J. Murray, 1880, p. 61
4. Lewis, Samuel (1849). "Llaneugrad (Llan-Eigrad)". A Topographical Dictionary of Wales.
5. http://catholicsaints.info/book-of-saints-eigrad/ Monks of Ramsgate. "Eigrad". Book of Saints
6. Book: Sabine Baring-Gould

   . Baring-Gould. Sabine Baring-Gould. Sabine. Fisher. John. The Lives of the British Saints. 1908. Honourable Society of Cymmrodorion. 468. 2.
   This work is described at The Lives of the Saints (Baring-Gould).

7. [Samuel Lewis (publisher)|Lewis, Samuel]
8. Web site: Celtic and Old English Saints - 6 January.
9. https://books.google.com/books?id=hblVAAAAcAAJ&dq=Saint+Eigrad&pg=RA1-PA266 The History of Wales, John Eddowes, 1832, p. 266
10. http://www.royalcharterchurch.org.uk/history.html St Gallgo Parish Webpage