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Cynog son of Brychan ((ウェールズ語:Cynog ap Brychan); born c. 434), better known as Saint Cynog (), was an early British saint and martyr. His shrine is at Merthyr Cynog in Wales and his feast day is observed on 7〔Moran, Patrick. ''(Irish Saints in Great Britain )''. Gill (Dublin), 1879. Accessed 9 Feb 2013.〕 or 9〔Tristam, Simon K. ''(Exciting Holiness )''. Hymns Ancient and Modern Ltd, 2007. Accessed 9 Feb 2013.〕 October. Cynog was reputedly a son of Brychan, a powerful Welsh prince of the British Dark Ages. Cynog's mother was reputedly Benadulved, daughter of Benadyl, a prince of Powys, whom he seduced while a hostage at the court of her father.〔(Vision of Britain: Gerald of Wales, The Itinerary of Archbishop Baldwin through Wales, Chapter 2 )〕 He is said to have been murdered on the mountain called ''the Van'' (Bannau Brycheiniog). His relics are housed at Merthyr Cynog. In 1188, Gerald of Wales wrote that there still existed a certain relic purported to be a royal torc that had once been worn by Cynog, presumably as an item of royal regalia. Gerald encountered this relic while travelling through Brycheiniog. He wrote of this relic: The detailed description, which, though not easy to interpret, points, in the opinion of Sir T. D. Kendrick, to its probably being Welsh or Irish work of the Viking period, i.e. the 10th or the 11th century.〔 He is chiefly commemorated in Brycheiniog, where Defynnog, Ystradgynlais, Penderyn, Battle, Llangynog, and Merthyr Cynog, are all named after him, the last being reputed his place of burial.〔(Lloyd, John Edward. "Welsh Biography Online", National Library of Wales )〕 ==References== 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Cynog ap Brychan」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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