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==Life==
==Life==
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Information regarding Oudeceus is derived from the 12th century ''Book of Llandaff'', composed to enhance the prestige of the see of Llandaff as reorganised by the Normans.<ref>[http://wbo.llgc.org.uk/en/s-EUDD-OGW-0600.html Emanuel, Hywel David. "Oudoceus (Euddogwy)", Dictionary of Welsh Biography]</ref> It has no historical value.
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Land grants in the ''[[Book of Llandaff]]'' show Oudoceus as a contemporary of late 7th-century kings of South Wales. His associations with Llandaff are very strong and it seems he was an early patron of the church there, where he is said to have placed relics of [[Saint Teilo]]. In the ''Life of St. Oudoceus'' it is related that Einion, King of Glewyssig, was hunting a stag amongst the rocks and woods of the river Wye, when the stag reaching the cloak of Oudoceus lay down on it, the hounds being then unable to touch it.<ref>[http://www.priorycarehome.co.uk/history "The Hundred of Trellech", The Priory Care Home]</ref> He eventually retired to [[Llandogo]], near [[Tintern]], and died there one 2 July. He was supposedly buried at the church in Llandaff, on the site of the present [[Llandaff Cathedral]]. He is one of the three [[saint]]s to whom it is dedicated.


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Land grants in the ''[[Book of Llandaff]]'' show Oudoceus as a contemporary of late 7th-century kings of South Wales. His associations with Llandaff are very strong and it seems he was an early patron of the church there, where he is said to have placed relics of [[Saint Teilo]]. In the ''Life of St. Oudoceus'' it is related that Einion, King of Glewyssig, was hunting a stag amongst the rocks and woods of the river Wye, when the stag reaching the cloak of Oudoceus lay down on it, the hounds being then unable to touch it.<ref>[http://www.priorycarehome.co.uk/history "The Hundred of Trellech", The Priory Care Home]</ref>
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Oudoceus's 12th-century [[hagiography|hagiographic]] 'life' in the ''[[Book of Llandaff]]'' tells how he was the son of King [[Budic II of Brittany|Budic]] of [[Brittany]],<ref>[https://catholicsaints.info/book-of-saints-oudaceus/ Monks of Ramsgate. “Oudaceus”. Book of Saints, 1921. CatholicSaints.Info. 21 May 2016]{{PD-notice}}</ref> born in that country shortly after his father's return there from exile in [[Dyfed]]. His mother, Annauued, was said to be the sister of Saint [[Teilo]] and Budic promised that Oudoceus could train for a life in [[Celtic Christianity|the Church]] under him. So Oudoceus came to [[Wales]] and eventually succeeded Teilo as [[Bishop of Llandaff]].<ref name=butler>[http://www.bartleby.com/210/7/025.html Butler, Alban. ''The Lives of the Saints'', 1866]</ref> His brothers were said to be the saints [[Isfael|Ismael]] [[Bishop of Rhos]] and [[Tyfei]] the [[Martyr of the Faith|martyr]]. But Oudeceus could not possibly have been the nephew or immediate successor of Teilo who flourished about a hundred years earlier. Furthermore, there is no evidence that [[Llandaff]] was the centre of a [[diocese of Llandaff|bishopric]] until at least the early 11th century. Oudoceus would have been a Bishop of Teilo, based at Llandeilo Fawr.


The original church at Llandaff (perhaps a monastery) may well have been an early foundation. However, it is likely to have been founded by Saint Oudoceus rather than Saint Teilo. He eventually retired to [[Llandogo]], near [[Tintern]], and died there one 2 July. He was supposedly buried at the church in Llandaff, on the site of the present [[Llandaff Cathedral]]. He is one of the three [[saint]]s to whom it is dedicated.
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The 12th century ''Book of Llandaff'' as a whole was composed as an instrument to enhance the prestige of the see of Llandaff as reorganised by the Normans.<ref>[http://wbo.llgc.org.uk/en/s-EUDD-OGW-0600.html Emanuel, Hywel David. "Oudoceus (Euddogwy)", Dictionary of Welsh Biography]</ref>

==Hagiography==
⚫
Oudoceus's 12th-century [[hagiography|hagiographic]] 'life' in the ''[[Book of Llandaff]]'' tells how he was the son of King [[Budic II of Brittany|Budic]] of [[Brittany]],<ref>[https://catholicsaints.info/book-of-saints-oudaceus/ Monks of Ramsgate. “Oudaceus”. Book of Saints, 1921. CatholicSaints.Info. 21 May 2016]{{PD-notice}}</ref> born in that country shortly after his father's return there from exile in [[Dyfed]]. His mother, Annauued, was said to be the sister of Saint [[Teilo]]<ref name=Nedelec>[https://books.google.com/books?id=BNQCAAAAQAAJ&pg=PR11&lpg=PR11&dq=Saint+Oudoceus&source=bl&ots=0Cxn289n3s&sig=ACfU3U0pkTr4rsFcW9nm81TuUMarXRvLFw&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwiE_t760YjnAhVKd6wKHbkLBUc4FBDoATADegQIBxAB#v=onepage&q=Saint%20Oudoceus&f=false Nedelec, Louis. ''Cambria Sacra: Or, The History of the Early Cambro-British Christians'', Chapter XI, Burns and Oates, 1879]{{PD-notice}}</ref> and Budic promised that Oudoceus could train for a life in [[Celtic Christianity|the Church]] under him. So Oudoceus came to [[Wales]] and eventually succeeded Teilo as [[Bishop of Llandaff]].<ref name=butler>[http://www.bartleby.com/210/7/025.html Butler, Alban. ''The Lives of the Saints'', 1866]</ref> His brothers were said to be the saints [[Isfael|Ismael]] [[Bishop of Rhos]] and [[Tyfei]] the [[Martyr of the Faith|martyr]]. But Oudeceus could not possibly have been the nephew or immediate successor of Teilo who flourished about a hundred years earlier. Furthermore, there is no evidence that [[Llandaff]] was the centre of a [[diocese of Llandaff|bishopric]] until at least the early 11th century. Oudoceus would have been a Bishop of Teilo, based at Llandeilo Fawr.


==References==
==References==

Revision as of 19:37, 16 January 2020

Saint Oudoceus
Church of St Oudoceus, Llandogo
Born6th Century
Venerated inOrthodox Church
Catholic Church
Feast2 July[1]

Saint Oudoceus (Latin) or Euddogwy (Welsh) (fl. late 6th century-7th century) is generally known as the third Bishop of Llandaff in South Wales. In reality he was probably a 7th-century bishop at Llandeilo Fawr. Wendy Davies puts his episcopal reign between about 650 and 700.

Life

Information regarding Oudeceus is derived from the 12th century Book of Llandaff, composed to enhance the prestige of the see of Llandaff as reorganised by the Normans.[2] It has no historical value.

Land grants in the Book of Llandaff show Oudoceus as a contemporary of late 7th-century kings of South Wales. His associations with Llandaff are very strong and it seems he was an early patron of the church there, where he is said to have placed relics of Saint Teilo. In the Life of St. Oudoceus it is related that Einion, King of Glewyssig, was hunting a stag amongst the rocks and woods of the river Wye, when the stag reaching the cloak of Oudoceus lay down on it, the hounds being then unable to touch it.[3]

The original church at Llandaff (perhaps a monastery) may well have been an early foundation. However, it is likely to have been founded by Saint Oudoceus rather than Saint Teilo. He eventually retired to Llandogo, near Tintern, and died there one 2 July. He was supposedly buried at the church in Llandaff, on the site of the present Llandaff Cathedral. He is one of the three saints to whom it is dedicated.

Hagiography

Oudoceus's 12th-century hagiographic 'life' in the Book of Llandaff tells how he was the son of King Budic of Brittany,[4] born in that country shortly after his father's return there from exile in Dyfed. His mother, Annauued, was said to be the sister of Saint Teilo[1] and Budic promised that Oudoceus could train for a life in the Church under him. So Oudoceus came to Wales and eventually succeeded Teilo as Bishop of Llandaff.[5] His brothers were said to be the saints Ismael Bishop of Rhos and Tyfei the martyr. But Oudeceus could not possibly have been the nephew or immediate successor of Teilo who flourished about a hundred years earlier. Furthermore, there is no evidence that Llandaff was the centre of a bishopric until at least the early 11th century. Oudoceus would have been a Bishop of Teilo, based at Llandeilo Fawr.

References

  1. ^ a b Nedelec, Louis. Cambria Sacra: Or, The History of the Early Cambro-British Christians, Chapter XI, Burns and Oates, 1879Public Domain This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
  2. ^ Emanuel, Hywel David. "Oudoceus (Euddogwy)", Dictionary of Welsh Biography
  3. ^ "The Hundred of Trellech", The Priory Care Home
  4. ^ Monks of Ramsgate. “Oudaceus”. Book of Saints, 1921. CatholicSaints.Info. 21 May 2016Public Domain This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
  5. ^ Butler, Alban. The Lives of the Saints, 1866



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