St. Tydfil, Martyr, of Wales

Commemorated on August 23

St. Tydfil was a Welsh martyr, reportedly from the clan of Brychan. 

In 480, she received a martyr’s crown when she was killed by a group of pagan Picts or Saxons. 

She is venerated at Merthyr-Tydfil, Glamorgan, Wales

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