Beuno

Beuno
(d. c. 640)
   Saint and Missionary.
   Little certain is known of the life of Beuno although he is the subject of a variety of legends. In particular he is said to have been the uncle of St winifred and on one occasion to have brought her back to life. He was Abbot of the monastery at Clynnog, Wales and he is reputed to have conducted successful missions in both North Wales and Herefordshire.
   A.W. Wade Evans (transl. and ed.), ‘Beuno Sant’, Archaeologia Cambrensis, lxxxv (1930).

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