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St Cadfan's Church ((ウェールズ語:Eglwys Cadfan)) is situated in Tywyn in the county of Gwynedd, formerly Merionethshire, Wales. The church is noted for its Romanesque architecture and for housing the Cadfan Stone, a stone cross dating from ninth century or earlier which is inscribed with the oldest known written Welsh. ''Brut y Tywysogion'' states that the church was sacked by Vikings in 963, and during the twelfth century it was the subject of a memorable poem by Llywelyn Fardd (I). The earliest parts of the building date to the twelfth century, and it originally had a central tower, although this fell down in 1693.〔Evans, E. D. 1999. A Tywyn brief of 1694. ''Journal of the Merioneth Historical and Record Society'', 13.2, 184–5.〕 The church houses two fourteenth-century monuments. One of the effigies is of an unknown priest in full Eucharistic vestments. The other is a military figure thought to be Gruffudd ab Adda (d. c. 1350) of Dôl-goch and Ynysymaengwyn. The effigy is known as the 'Crying Knight' due to a flaw in the stone at his right eye which becomes damp during wet weather, giving the impression of weeping.〔Davidson, Andrew. 2001. Parish churches. In: Smith, J. Beverley and Llinos ed. ''History of Merioneth, vol. ii: The Middle Ages'', Cardiff: University of Wales Press, pp. 369–70.〕 The vicarage, which was built in the early 19th century, still stands on National Street. It is now a private house called 'Tŷ Cadfan Sant'.〔(Coflein: Tŷ Cadfan Sant ).〕 National Street (formerly Duck Street) was named after the National School, later Towyn Church School, which was once located on the street. ==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「St Cadfan's Church, Tywyn」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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