St. Deiniol of Bangor
St Deiniol (+ c.584) was said to be a descendant of Coel Godebog, a Celtic chieftain of North Britain. He founded two monasteries at Bangor Fawr (modern Bangor on the Menai Straits) and Bangor Iscoed (modern Bangor-on-Dee). The monks at Bangor Iscoed totalled over 2000 before they were routed in battle by the pagan King of Northumbria. According to Bede, it had been the most famous monastery of British Christianity.
Regarded as the first Bishop of Bangor, St Deiniol was comparable in status with St David and St Dyfrig. Several churches in North Wales are dedicated to St Deiniol, which is perhaps why the great Liberal prime minister W.E. Gladstone dedicated his famous library to him at Hawarden.
Regarded as the first Bishop of Bangor, St Deiniol was comparable in status with St David and St Dyfrig. Several churches in North Wales are dedicated to St Deiniol, which is perhaps why the great Liberal prime minister W.E. Gladstone dedicated his famous library to him at Hawarden.
Troparion of St Deiniol tone 4
By thy teaching and pious life thou didst shine forth in the age of Saints, O Hierarch Deiniol,
and becoming Bangor's first bishop thou wast an instrument of God's grace, leading many to salvation.
Pray, O Saint, that we may be led into the Way of Truth that our souls may be saved.
and becoming Bangor's first bishop thou wast an instrument of God's grace, leading many to salvation.
Pray, O Saint, that we may be led into the Way of Truth that our souls may be saved.
December 10 is the commemoration of an obscure female saint of County Meath, Scannlach of Ard Scannlaighe.
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