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Saint Eluned ((ウェールズ語:Eiliwedd); (ラテン語:Almedha) or ''Elevetha''), also known as Aled and by other names, was a 5th- or 6th-century virgin martyr from modern Brecon. George Phillips, writing for the ''Catholic Encyclopedia'', calls her "the Luned of the ''Mabinogion'' and the Lynette of Tennyson's ''Gareth and Lynette''.".〔(Phillips, George. "St. Elined." The Catholic Encyclopedia. Vol. 5. New York: Robert Appleton Company, 1909. 8 Mar. 2015 )〕 Her small chapel and holy well at what is now Slwch Tump were destroyed during the English Reformation. ==Legend== One of the many daughters of King Brychan of Brycheiniog in South Wales (a sub-Roman monarch who embraced the new faith of Christianity), Eluned became a Christian at a young age.〔(Varner, Gary R., ''Sacred Wells'', Algora Publishing, 2009, ISBN 9780875867175 )〕 She spurned the advances of a pagan prince and, like many women of her time, ran away to avoid being forced into the relationship. She travelled first to Llan Ddew where she was ousted by the locals, then to Llanfilo. Here again, she was ousted by the inhabitants, on the pretext of thievery. She then travelled to Llechfaen, where she was again thrown out of the community. She would not find peace until her arrival at Slwch Tump, where the local lord gave her protection. However, Eluned's pursuer found her. When she ran from him, he chased her down the hill and beheaded her. Her head rolled down the hill and hit a stone; as in the story of Saint Winefride, a healing spring burst from that spot. There is a reference to Eluned in the work of William Worcester (c.1415-1485). He refers to the saint's remains as being housed in the priory church at Usk, home to a community of Benedictine nuns founded sometime before 1135 by Richard de Clare.〔(Cartwright, Jane. "Dead virgins: feminine sanctity in medieval Wales", ''Medium Aevum'', 22 March 2002 )〕
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