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Rhygyfarch or
Rhigyfarch (in
contemporary late Old
Welsh orthography Ricemarch, 1057–1099),
eldest son of Sulien, whom he may have
succeeded in 1091 as...
- it for a
memorable honour; for I am Welsh, you know, good countryman".
Rhigyfarch counted Glastonbury Abbey among the
churches David founded.
Around forty...
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around 1095 by
Rhigyfarch, and is our main
source of
knowledge for the
lives of both St
David (died c. 589) and his mother.
Rhigyfarch was a
Norman cleric...
- translations.
Writing in the late 11th
century Buchedd Dewi ("Life of David"),
Rhigyfarch states that a
Saint Elvis baptised Saint David at Porthclais.
Welsh traditions...
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encouraged by the cathedral's pre-Norman Bishops,
especially Sulien and
Rhigyfarch, who
would write Vita
sancti Davidis episcopi, the
standard Vita of the...
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vandalised and
stripped of its
precious metals. In 1090, the
Welsh scholar Rhigyfarch wrote his
Latin Life of David,
highlighting David's sanctity, thus beginning...
- Friary, in
modern County Kildare. The Life of
Saint David,
written by
Rhigyfarch in the late 11th century,
states that
Ailbe baptized Saint David, the...
- 1078
Abraham Killed. c. 1078 c. 1085
Sulien Restored. c. 1085 c. 1096
Rhigyfarch Also
known as Rythmarch, Rikemarth.
Composed influential Life of St. David...
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Possible authors who have been
proposed for the Four
Branches include Rhigyfarch and
Gwenllian ferch Gruffydd. Each
Branch contains several tale episodes...
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identification of Paul
Aurelian with the
Carmarthenshire Paulinus as doubtful. In
Rhigyfarch's Life of S.
David (chapter x),
Saint David is
stated to have completed...
