Saint Ina
Saint Ina is thought to be a fifth century Welsh saint and a member of the royal house of Gwynedd.
Ina was the daughter of Ceredig ab Cunedda Wledig (c. 420–453),[1] and a granddaughter of Cunedda Wledig, the progenitor of the royal dynasty of Gwynedd. The church of St Ina in Llanina in Ceredigion is dedicated to her. There is a tradition that the dedicatee is the Anglo-Saxon King Ine (or Ina) of Wessex (died 727), but this is not true.[2][3]
St Ina Road in Heath, Cardiff is presumably named after this Saint Ina, as it is among a group of roads named after Celtic saints.
References
- ^ Evans, John Thomas (1914). The Church Plate of Cardiganshire. United Kingdom: James H. Alden. p. 68.
- ^ Various. "'The Church in Ceredigion in the Early Middle Ages'". In Davies and Kirby (ed.). Cardiganshire County History Vol. I. p. 392.
- ^ Dyfed Archaeological Trust. "St Ina, Llanina, Ceredigion". Retrieved 5 February 2023.
Sources
- Baring-Gould, Sabine; Fisher, John (1911). Lives of the British Saints. Honourable Society of Cymmrodorion. p. 318.