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    Illtud (also spelled Illtyd, Eltut, and, in Latin, Hildutus), also known as Illtud Farchog or Illtud the Knight, is venerated as the abbot teacher of the...
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    Mynydd Illtud is an extensive area of common land near Libanus, Powys, Wales, located in the Brecon Beacons National Park and some three miles south-west...
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    Theodosius II. It is now generally accepted as having been founded by St. Illtud c. AD 508, from whom it derives its name. The current church building was...
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    in 2021. Llanilltud Fawr, named for the Llan of Saint Illtud, was home to the Monastery of Illtud and the college known as Bangor Illtyd. It became one...
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    to Ricca, the chief elder of Cornwall. The 12th-century Life of St Illtud says Illtud was the son of Rieingulid (daughter of Amlawdd Wledig), and cousin...
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    Glamorgan, under the care of St Illtud, and was a companion of St Samson of Dol and St Paul Aurelian. His master Illtud loved him tenderly and taught him...
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    prophecy concerning his birth his parents placed him under the care of Illtud, Abbot of Llantwit Fawr, where he was raised and educated. Samson later...
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  • Chulainn chariot-horses in the tale of the Táin Bó Cúailnge. In Wales, Saint Illtud was a very important Culdee figure in Celtic Christianity, he founded a...
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    Country Park, south of Port Talbot. The walk is named after Illtyd (or Illtud), a late-fifth / early-sixth century Welsh saint. The route skirts the fringes...
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    earlier parallels in Celtic stories of men who commanded the tides: Saint Illtud of Glamorgan, Maelgwn, king of Gwynedd, and Tuirbe of Tuirbe's Strand in...
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