Saint Gelert

For Saint Gellert, see Gerard Sagredo.
Gelert / Celer
Born7th century
Wales
Venerated inRoman Catholic Church
Anglican Church
Major shrineChapel of St Celer
FeastJune 29[1]

Saint Gelert, also known as Celer, Celert[2] or Kellarth[3][4] (see below), was an early Celtic saint. Several locations in Wales are believed to bear his name. They include Beddgelert ("Gelert's grave") and the surrounding Gelert Valley and Llangeler ("Gelert's church")[5] where there is a church dedicated to him. Through the promotional efforts of an innkeeper in the early 1790s,[6] St. Gelert, the human, has become much conflated with the legend of a saintly dog putatively from the same region, Gelert.[7][8]

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  2. ^ Jenkins, David Erwyd (1899). "The Village". Bedd Gelert: It's Facts, Fairies, & Folk-lore. Porthmadog, Wales: Llewelyn Jenkins. p. 23.
  3. ^ Rhŷs, John (2004). "Art and Archaeology". Celtic Folklore: Welsh and Manx. Oxford, England: Adamant Media Corp. p. 567.
  4. ^ Joseph Jacobs
  5. ^ BBC on "llan"
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  8. ^ The Story of Beddgelert: real tragedy or urban myth?, accessed March 9, 2011.