Saint Cyngar was a 5th-century Welsh Saint. He is the Patron SaintofLlangefni, Anglesey, in Wales, and a founding member of St. Cybi's Monastery at Holyhead, Anglesey.
Born around 488 AD, he was the son of King Gerren LlyngesogofDumnonia. As a mature man, he became a follower of his nephew, St. Cybi Felyn, whom he accompanied to EdeligioninSouth Wales where they built churchesinLlangybi-upon-Usk and Llanddyfrwyr-yn-Edeligion before King Glywys of Glywysing forced them to leave.[1] They then went to the island of Aran MorinIreland where they spent 4 years building churches,[2] after which they moved to the Llŷn PeninsulaatCricieth.
They finally established an important monasteryatHolyhead, Anglesey,[3] from where Cyngar founded the church at Llangefni.
Ynys Cyngar, once an offshore island but now a coastal headland is located at the mouth of the Afon Glaslyn near Borth y Gest (Grid Ref: SH 5535 3658), where the Church in Wales church is dedicated to St Cyngar.
He died on 7 November of an unknown year in the mid-6th century (probably 550 AD) and he was buried in Llangefni.[4]
