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Encyclopedia entry: St Asaph, diocese of
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St Asaph, diocese of.
It is claimed that the church at St Asaph (Llanelwy) was founded by St Kentigern (Mungo), a fugitive from Strathclyde, in the 6th cent. The cathedral, however, bears the name of his successor, Asaph. Later, as a territorial diocese, the see approximated to the native Welsh principality of Powys, extending from the Conwy in the west to the Dee in the east, and as far south as Newtown in Montgomeryshire. The area of the diocese remains little changed today, and is made up of contrasting regions. Many of the popular north Wales coastal resorts, the industrial heartland of Deeside, the ...
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Dictionary definition: St Asaph
The Concise Oxford Dictionary of the Christian Church;
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...St Asaph. The church at St Asaph in Wales was in origin a monastic settlement, traditionally held ... cent. According to a 12th-cent. Life, he was succeeded by St Asaph , from whom the church later took its name. It became a territorial ...
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