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St Caian's Church, Tregaian, also known as St Caean's Church, Tregaean, is a small medieval church dating from the 14th century in Anglesey, north Wales. It is dedicated to St Caian, a Christian from the 5th or 6th century about whom little is known. The building contains a late 14th-century east window and a late 15th-century doorway. The churchyard contains the grave of William ap Howel, who died in 1581 at the age of 105, leaving over forty children between the ages of 8 and 89 and over three hundred living descendants. The church is still used for worship by the Church in Wales, and is one of three churches in a combined parish. It is a Grade II * listed building, a national designation given to "particularly important buildings of more than special interest", in particular because it is regarded as "an excellent late Medieval rural church". ==History and location== The date of construction of the first Christian building on this site is unknown. The church is dedicated to St Caian, a Christian from the 5th or 6th century, about whom little is known. One manuscript says that his father was St Caw, a king in northern Britain who lost his lands and sought safety in Anglesey, where the ruler Maelgwn Gwynedd gave him land in the north-east of the island, the district known as Twrcelyn.〔Baring-Gould, pp. 92–94.〕〔 If Caian was a son of St Caw, then his sisters included St Cwyllog, who established the nearby church of St Cwyllog, Llangwyllog, in the 6th century.〔Baring-Gould, p. 279.〕 Other manuscripts say that he was active in the 5th century and was a son or grandson of Brychan, a king from south Wales.〔Baring-Gould, p. 51.〕 Caian gives his name to the hamlet of Tregaian in which the church is situated: the Welsh word ' (shortened here to ''tre'') means "settlement", and "‑gaian" is a modified form of the saint's name – i.e. "Caian's settlement". Tregaian is about north of Llangefni, the county town of Anglesey, and the church is in the countryside by a small road. The present church is medieval, dating from the latter part of the 14th century, which is the period given to the east window. The doorway is from the late 15th century, the roof from the end of the 16th or beginning of the 17th century, and the nave windows and the panelling of the pulpit are from the 17th century.〔 It is still used for worship by the Church in Wales, as one of three churches in the combined benefice of Llangefni with Tregaean with Llanddyfnan (Talwrn).〔 It is within the deanery of Malltraeth, the archdeaconry of Bangor and the Diocese of Bangor.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Deanery of Malltraeth: St Caean )〕 As of 2013, the priest in charge of the parish is the Reverend J Ashley-Roberts.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Church in Wales: Benefices )〕 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 Caian's Church, Tregaian」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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