Llanilltud Fawr

Llanilltud is a small town of the south of the Wales, in the Glamorgan, at the edge of the Canal of Bristol-board. The name was anglicized in Llantwit Major .

Origin

The name comes from the Breton saint (of the island of Brittany) Illtud , become Ildud into Breton, which founded there, about the 6th century, a monastery where were formed large the saint Breton and particularly the executives of the Breton emigration towards the Armorique. The places are known to have attended:

the Breton one and Irish Holy Patrick
Cornouaillais Petroc (which founded Padstow in Cornwall), Nectan, Morwenna (which founded Morwenstow in Cornwall), Piran patron saint of the Cornwall;
Armorican futures pol. Aurélien, Samson, Gildas, Tudwal or Tugdual;
patron saint of Wales David
the king Maelgwn of Gwynedd.

Some call it “the oldest university of the world”.

The Breton monks gave the name of their monastery instead of their Armorican establishment. See Lanildut.

Tourism

One visits there

the church of the 12th century dedicated to Illtud saint, on the site of the original monastery
the town hall of the 15th century,
the castle of St Donat (see) whose foundations date from the 12th century, today international boarding school under the name of.

The city is twinned with the Breton city Pouliguen.

Sights of the city

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