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St. Eiliwedd (Born c.AD 468) (Latin: Almheda, English: Almeda) St. Eiliwedd was a daughter of King
Brychan Brycheiniog, a holy man with an innumerable pious family.
Like her siblings, she was brought up with a view to spreading the
Christian religion among the Cymri; but though most of the others
travelled to Cornwall, she chose to remain in Wales. She rejected a
proposed alliance with an earthly prince and, instead, espoused herself to
Christ. She lived on a hill called Pebcefn-y-Gaer (Penginger), near Brecon,
in an isolated hermitage where she was eventually martyred, under unknown
circumstances. Her feast is held on 1st August.
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