Tyfaelog was a 6th-century saint of Wales.[1][2] The saint is connected to a small area near Brecon south Powys where there are two churches: Llandyfaelog Tre'r-graig[2] and Llandyfaelog Fach.
There is also a church in Llandyfaelog, between Kidwelly and Carmarthen (Carmarthenshire).Tyfaelog is recorded as being the son of Gildas.[3]
A feast day is celebrated in his honour on 1 March at Llandyfaelog Tre'r-graig and on 26 February at Llandyfaelog, Ystrad Tywi.
- ^ Baring-Gould, Sabine. The Lives of the Saints, Vol. XVI, "The Celtic Church and its Saints", Longmans, Green, & Co. (New York), 1898.Vol. I, p. 70.
- ^ a b Breverton, Terry D. (2000). The Book of Welsh Saints. Glyndŵr Publications. ISBN 1-903529-01-8.
- ^ Baring-Gould, Sabine (1898). "A Celtic and English Kalendar of Saints Proper to the Welsh, Cornish, Scottish, Irish, Breton, and English People". The Lives of the Saints. Vol. XVI (Appendix). Longmans, Green, & Co. p. 187.