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47 B. ALPAiS 47 St. Alias, OP Halas. See Anna (7) the Goth. St. Alma, probably the B. V. Maky, Alma Mater. St. Almerida, May 23, M. in Africa. AA.SS. St Almheda, Aug. l (Almedba, Almedis, Aled, Elined, possibly Ele- iTETTA, Ellyn, Elywa, Bllyw). Second half of the 5th century. Annt or sister of St. Eeyne. Daughter of Bragan or Brychan, who is also called Fugatius, and in Brittany Fagan and Frachan, a British prince who gave his name to the province of Brecknock; a holy man, happy in a nxmierons pions family. Tradition says he had three wives, twenty-fonr sons, and twenty-five or twenty- six daughters. He brought them all up with a view to their spreading the Christian religion among the Cymri. Some of them were saints, and churches have been dedicated in their names. Many of these so-called •eons and daughters were, in all pro- bability, grandchildren. Eice Bees gives a complete list of them. All appear to be reputed saints; but with some this is not certain. Of the daughters — Mechsll, the eldest, married Gyyr. GwROON, married Cadrod Calchfynydd, Elebi, married Geredig ab Cunedda, and was paternal grandmother of St. David. Nefydd, wife of St. Tudwal Befr. She founded Llannifydd, in Denbigh- shire, and had two sons, SS. Cynin and Ifor. She is sometimes confounded with her nephew of the same name, and is perhaps the same as Golenddydd, who was a saint, and is enumerated as another sister. St. Hhiekoah, or Cyngau, of Llech-in- Maelienydd, in Badnorshire, mother of Synidr. St. Golenddydd, a saint, |)erhaps the same as Nefydd. St. Gwenddydd, or Gwawuddydd, a saint at Tywyn, in Merionethshire, mother of Cyngen, who married one of the granddaughters of Brychan. St. Tydie, a saint. St. Elixed, the Almedha of Giraldus Oambrensis. Ceinduych, or Ceindbegg, perhaps the same as Eerdech of Llandegwyn, in Merionethshire. St. Cenedlon, a saint on the mountain of Cymorth, probably near Newcastle, in Emlyn. St. Cymorth, a saint at Emlyn, a dis- trict on the confines of Caormarthen and Pembroke. Cymorth, or Gorth, was the wife of Brynach Wyddel, an Irishman, and had a son, Gerwyn, and three daughters, Mwynen, Gwennan, and Gwenlliw. St. Clydai, sister of Cymorth and Cenedlon, a saint. St. Tydpul (sometimes confounded with Tanglwst), martyred by a party of Saxons and Picts at a place called Merthyr Tydfyl, with her father, Bry- chan, and one of her brothers. The son of that brother raised the people, and put the enemy to flight. Her day is Aug. 21. St. Enfail, perhaps lived at Merthyr, near Carmarthen. Hawystl, lived at Caer Hawystl, which is supposed to bo Awst, in Gloucester- shire. St. Tybie, murdered by pagans, at Llandybie, in Carmarthenshire, Jan. 30. Eeneython and Keubbbeit are added by another authority. A church on the top of a hill, near the castle of Aberhodni, is called after St. Almheda, who, rejecting the alliance of an earthly prince, espoused herself to the Eternal King, and finished her course by a triumphant martyrdom. Eice Bees says her name is Elined, and that Giraldus says she was martyred on a hill called Penginger, near Brecknock. Britannia Sancfa, from Giraldus Cam- brensis. Stanton, En. Mart, St. Alodia, M. with Nunilo (q.v.). Aloysia (l), Louisa. B. Aloysia {'2) Auz la Boubgotte. St. Aloysia (3), Sept. 12, one of 205 MM. in Japan. 17th century. Bomano Seraphic Mart, A.B.M. Per- haps same as Louisa (4). B. Alpa'is (1), Sep. 17. 8th century. Penitent. Built a monastery at Orp. Commemorated by Rayssium, in his Additions to the Saints of Belgium. She is probably the mistress of Pepin, mayor of the palace, under Theodoric. Pepin