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Almedha, Saint

1910 New Catholic Dictionary

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Virgin, martyr (flourished c.490).She is said to have been the daughter of Bragan (Brychan), a British prince, after whom the present county of Brecknock is named. Rejecting marriage with a mortal prince, she espoused herself to God, and was martyred. She is the Luned of the "Mabinogion" and the Lynette of Tennyson's "Gareth and Lynette." Feast, August 1,.

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Entry for 'Almedha, Saint'. 1910 New Catholic Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​ncd/​a/almedha-saint.html. 1910.
 
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