Saint Llŷr Forwen

Saint Llŷr Forwen was a 6th-century saint. Her surname, Morwen, is often misinterpreted as the word morwyn (virgin), but it denotes someone with connections to the sea. She is sometimes confused with Llŷr Merini, the husband of Gwen of Talgarth. She founded a Christian community at Llanllŷr in Ceredigion, which developed into a nunnery in the Middle Ages under the control of the monks of Strata Florida. One of the abbesses there was Gwladys, daughter of the Lord Rhys.