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    Afan of Builth (Welsh: Sant Afan Buellt; Latin: Avanus) was an early 6th-century Welsh bishop, martyr, and saint. His feast day is generally placed on...
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  • River Afan or Avon or Avan, a river in southwest Wales Saint Afan (Welsh: Sant Afan Buellt), Welsh bishop and saint of the 6th century The Lords of Afan, Lordship...
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    scattered rural population of more than a thousand. It is named after Saint Afan and was the centre of Cantref Buallt in ancient times, before the building...
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  • Llanaelhaearn, Saint Aelhaiarn Llanafan Fawr 'Great Llanafan', Saint Afan Llanafan Fechan 'Little Llanafan' (now often 'Llanfechan'), Saint Afan Llanafan y...
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    Saint Afan's Church (SN68387192) is located in Llanafan, 8 miles (13 km) east of Aberystwyth, Ceredigion, in Wales. The original church on the site is...
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    Cwmafan (category Afan Valley)
    and the UK with many rivers being called Afon or Avon. There is also a Saint Afan, which it is possible the river was named after. There have been other...
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    climbs again to Cefnmawr and then turns southbound for Cwm Afan. From there it runs through Afan Forest Park to the village of Bryn thence through more forestry...
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    known as Llanafan Fechan (Welsh for the "Lesser" fechan "Parish" llan of Saint Afan) to distinguish it from the larger one nearby, Llanafan Fawr. The settlement...
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    and the major church at Llanafan Fawr, dedicated to Saint Afan Buellt, the cantref's chief saint. It is unknown when Buellt began to emerge as a distinct...
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    also: November 15) Saint Eucherius of Lyons (449) Saints Rufinus, Mark, Valerius and Companions, martyrs in North Africa. Saint Afan, a bishop who gave...
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