Saint Asaph of Llanelwy

Also known as

• Asa of Llanelwy

Memorial

• 1 May

Profile

Related to Saint Deiniol of Bangor and Saint Tysilo. Hermit near Tenegal, Wales. Servant to and spiritual student of Saint Kentigern. Second bishop of the Welsh diocese now known as Saint Asaph. At Tengenel, near Holywell, Wales, there are an ash-tree, well, and valley that tradition says belonged to Asaph.

Died

• c.550 of natural causes

Canonized

• Pre-Congregation

Additional Information

• Book of Saints, by the Monks of Ramsgate
• Kirken i Norge
• Lives of the Saints, by Father Alban Butler
• Medieval Religion Listserv, by Terry Morgan
• New Catholic Dictionary
• Our Sunday Visitor’s Encyclopedia of Saints
• Roman Martyrology

MLA Citation

• “Saint Asaph of Llanelwy“. Saints.SQPN.com. 30 April 2013. Web. 20 May 2013. <>