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|text='''Llantwit Major''' is a small coastal town in [[Glamorgan]], lapped by the waters of the Bristol Channel. | |text='''Llantwit Major''' is a small coastal town in [[Glamorgan]], lapped by the waters of the Bristol Channel. | ||
The name of the village is Anglicised from the Welsh ''Llanilltud'', meaning Church of Illtud, for this was where the 5th century Saint Illtud founded a monastic community which was famed for the men who flocked there to study initially under Illtud himself, many of whom have been reputed as saints themselves in the "Age of Saints" in the 5th and 6th centuries. Here the most famous of Illtud's disciples, Gildas, described first hand the transformation of Britain at the coming of the English tribes from over the sea.}}<noinclude> | The name of the village is Anglicised from the Welsh ''Llanilltud'', meaning Church of Illtud, for this was where the 5th century Saint Illtud founded a monastic community which was famed for the men who flocked there to study initially under Illtud himself, many of whom have been reputed as saints themselves in the "Age of Saints" in the 5th and 6th centuries. Here the most famous of Illtud's disciples, Gildas, described first hand the transformation of Britain at the coming of the English tribes from over the sea.}}<noinclude>{{FP data}} | ||
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Llantwit MajorLlantwit Major is a small coastal town in Glamorgan, lapped by the waters of the Bristol Channel. The name of the village is Anglicised from the Welsh Llanilltud, meaning Church of Illtud, for this was where the 5th century Saint Illtud founded a monastic community which was famed for the men who flocked there to study initially under Illtud himself, many of whom have been reputed as saints themselves in the "Age of Saints" in the 5th and 6th centuries. Here the most famous of Illtud's disciples, Gildas, described first hand the transformation of Britain at the coming of the English tribes from over the sea. (Read more) |