Deen, Fordice, Hallett, Hodges and Van Horn Families - Person Sheet
Deen, Fordice, Hallett, Hodges and Van Horn Families - Person Sheet
NamePabo Post Prydain
Birthabt 474, Welsh Britannia
Death9 Nov 530, Gwynedd, Welsh Britannia
OccupationKing Of The Pennines
FatherArthwys Ap Mor
Notes for Pabo Post Prydain
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pabo_Post_Prydain
Pabo Post Prydain was a king somewhere in the Hen Ogledd or Old North of sub-Roman Britain.
According to Old Welsh genealogies, which were largely produced to prove a monarch's royal pedigree, Pabo Post Prydain inherited his kingdom from his father Arthwys Ap Mor, a great grandson of Coel Hen. Historians conjecture that he may have ruled in the Pennines or around Papcastle in Cumberland in the 6th century. Pedigrees of descent for two of his sons - Sawyl Penuchel and Dunod Fawr - are known, perhaps suggesting a later division of his kingdom.
Pabo is sometimes identified with Saint Pabo who died and is buried at Llanbabo on Anglesey. If so, he presumably abdicated in order to retire in the west.
Pabo Post Prydein, is most popularly called the son of King Arthuis, though earlier sources suggest that he was this man's brother. His epithet means the Pillar of Britain, said to derive from his keeping Pictish invaders at bay. Though his Kingdom covered the Pennines of central Britain, in later life, Pabo turned to Christianity, abdicated the throne in favour of his sons, Dunaut Bwr and Sawyl Penuchel, and retired to Gwynedd where he founded the church of Llanabo on Ynys Mon . He died there on 9th November 530 and a beautiful medieval stone slab carved with his image can still be seen covering his grave.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pabo_Post_Prydain
Pabo Post Prydain was a king somewhere in the Hen Ogledd or Old North of sub-Roman Britain.
According to Old Welsh genealogies, which were largely produced to prove a monarch's royal pedigree, Pabo Post Prydain inherited his kingdom from his father Arthwys Ap Mor, a great grandson of Coel Hen. Historians conjecture that he may have ruled in the Pennines or around Papcastle in Cumberland in the 6th century. Pedigrees of descent for two of his sons - Sawyl Penuchel and Dunod Fawr - are known, perhaps suggesting a later division of his kingdom.
Pabo is sometimes identified with Saint Pabo who died and is buried at Llanbabo on Anglesey. If so, he presumably abdicated in order to retire in the west.
Pabo Post Prydein, is most popularly called the son of King Arthuis, though earlier sources suggest that he was this man's brother. His epithet means the Pillar of Britain, said to derive from his keeping Pictish invaders at bay. Though his Kingdom covered the Pennines of central Britain, in later life, Pabo turned to Christianity, abdicated the throne in favour of his sons, Dunaut Bwr and Sawyl Penuchel, and retired to Gwynedd where he founded the church of Llanabo on Ynys Mon . He died there on 9th November 530 and a beautiful medieval stone slab carved with his image can still be seen covering his grave.