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unusual facts about St Teilo


St Teilo's Church, Llandeilo Tal-y-bont

The new roof timbers were sourced from Northeast Wales and a new rood screen and a loft were carved from Radnorshire oak by the project's head carpenter.


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Merthyr Dyfan

In the 6th century, St Teilo, the founder of Llandaff Cathedral in Cardiff, was made a patron saint of the church along with Llandaff.


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Lichfield Gospels

The 'altar of St. Teilo" has in the past been associated with the monastery at Llandaff but, as it has been determined that the third, fourth and sixth marginal inscriptions refer to lands within fifteen miles of Llandeilo Fawr, it is now thought that the book originated there.

Norman Matthews

He was curate of St Dyfrig, Cardiff from 1927 to 1935 before becoming the first Warden of St Teilo's Hall of Residence at the University College of South Wales, Cardiff, also serving as Llandaff Diocesan Missioner from 1936 to 1940.