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Saint Asaph (or Asaf, Asa) was, in the second half of the 6th century, the first Bishop of St Asaph, i.e. bishop of the diocese of Saint Asaph. Biography
St Asaph (/ ˈ æ s ə f /; [1] Welsh: Llanelwy [ɬanˈɛlʊɨ̯] "church on the Elwy" [2]) is a cathedral city [3] and community on the River Elwy in Denbighshire, Wales.In the 2011 Census it had a population of 3,355, [4] making it the second-smallest city in the United Kingdom in terms of population and urban area.
The Cathedral Church of Saints Asaph and Cyndeyrn, commonly called St Asaph Cathedral (Welsh: Eglwys Gadeiriol Llanelwy), is a cathedral in St Asaph, Denbighshire, north Wales. It is the episcopal seat of the Bishop of St Asaph. The cathedral dates back 1,400 years, while the current building dates from the 13th century. [1]
This diocese was supposedly founded by St Kentigern (Cyndeyrn) about the middle of the 6th century, although this is unlikely. The date often given is 583. Exiled from his see in Scotland, Kentigern is said to have founded a monastery called Llanelwy – which is the Welsh name for St Asaph – at the confluence of the rivers Clwyd and Elwy in north Wales, where after his return to Scotland he ...
This diocese was founded by St. Kentigern about the middle of the sixth century, when he was exiled from his see in Scotland. He founded a monastery called Llanelwy at the confluence of the rivers Clwyd and Elwy in north east Wales, where after his return to Scotland in 573 he was succeeded by Asaph or Asa, who was consecrated Bishop of Llanelwy.
He was installed bishop of St. Asaph on 16 July 1704. [5] He died in apartments in the cloisters of Westminster Abbey in London on 5 March 1708. During his lifetime Beveridge refused to sit for his portrait, [6] but following his death Benjamin Ferrers, a relative, painted one, now in the Bodleian Library, Oxford, from his corpse. [7]
This is a list of the deans of St Asaph Cathedral, Wales. This list is incomplete; you can help by adding missing items. (February 2011)-1357 Llywelyn ap Madog;
Bishop of St Asaph 1732–1735 Succeeded by. Isaac Maddox This page was last edited on 12 May 2024, at 08:30 (UTC). Text is available under the Creative ...