Sant Fagan
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Site de Pat Sewell :
SAINT FAGAN'S Llansanffagan (the church of Saint Ffagan.) A village and parish four miles north-west from Cardiff, in the Hundred of Dinas-Powys. Its name is derived from an ancient oratory or chapel (the foundations whereof remain in the Castle grounds) dedicated in honour of this saint; who, according to the early Welsh traditions, was an Italian missionary sent by Pope Saint Eleutherius to preach the Gospel to the clansmen of Lleurwg, the British regulus of Gwent, in the year 140. (Vide Saint Mellon's.) The tradition receives confirmation from the Roman Liber Pontificalis. It is noteworthy that this venerable oratory is the only old church in the world dedicated to Saint Ffagan.
prénoms celtiques et bretons d'Albert Deshayes :
Ffagan
Pourrait venir du latin facies, "apparence, forme, aspect", dont dérive le gallois moderne ffaig, de même sens.
D'origine italienne, ce saint de la fin du IIe siècle aurait été nommé évêque et chargé d'une mission au pays de Galles par le pape Eleuther. devenu évêque de Llansantffagan, il aurait fondé deux églises du nom du nom de Llanffagan, dont l'une au village de Sain Ffagan (banlieue de Cardiff).