Saint Eigron

Saint Eigron was a pre-congregational saint of medieval South Wales.

He was the brother of Saint Gwenafwy whom he travelled to Cornwall with, a brother to Gildas and a son of Caw of Strathclyde.[1] He was the Patron Saint of Llanigon, Wales[2] and founded a Church in Cernyw.[3]

References
  1. Rev Rice Rees, Welsh Saints or Primitive Christians usually considered to be Founders of Churches in Wales (Longman Rees Orme Brown and Green, 1836) page 230.
  2. The Place names of Wales page 71 Archived 27 July 2014 at the Wayback Machine.
  3. S Baring-Gould and John Fisher, The Lives of British Saints (Hon Society of Cymmrodorium 1908) page 418.


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