Just back from giving a paper on ‘Mapping the Cult of Saints in Wales’ to the 38th Annual Celtic Conference of the University of California, held at UCLA, March 10-12. I set out my favourite example of St Cynog of Brycheiniog – in extended form and for the last time! – discussing the different elements that make up the…
The most recent showing of our travelling exhibition came to an end on Saturday 12 March. Before packing away the displays I was asked to give a talk to year nine students from Llandovery College, who were visiting St Davids over the weekend. As well as using the exhibition as a visual aid to the…
The ‘Cult of Saints in Wales’ exhibition is now on display at St Davids Cathedral in advance of our afternoon of talks on St David and saints in Wales at Tŷ’r Pererin, near the cathedral on Quickwell Hill, on 29 February. The exhibition is situated in the north choir aisle. It will remain on display…
The exhibition panels relating to the project are now on display at the Church of St Illtyd, Llantwit Major, in advance of the afternoon of talks at the church this coming Saturday, 7 November. Seven of the panels displayed at Bangor Cathedral in August and September are now at the church, as well as these…
August saw the first showing of a small touring exhibition of information panels explaining the work of the project at Bangor Cathedral. The exhibition will remain on display during September, and on 12 September members of the project team will be giving talks at the Diocesan Centre and in the cathedral. Bangor Talks PDF
Medieval Saints in Gwynedd Saturday 12 September 2015, 2.00–5.00 The Diocesan Centre, The Cathedral Close, Bangor Bangor Talks PDF Medieval Saints in Glamorgan Saturday 7 November 2015, 2.00–5.00 Church of St Illtud, Llantwit Major Llantwit Fawr Talks PDF
The Cult of Saints in Wales: Sources and Contexts 16–19 September 2014 Halliwell Centre, Carmarthen This conference is held as part of the AHRC-funded ‘The Cult of Saints in Wales: Medieval Welsh-language Sources and their Transmission’. The principal aim of the project is to produce an electronic edition of the poetry addressed to saints, the…
