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About St. Melangell
b. c. 7th century · Feast May 27 · Hermitess / Virgin
Welsh hermitess (c. 7th century), Irish princess who fled an unwelcome marriage to live as a hermitess at Pennant Melangell in the Berwyns; tradition says she sheltered a hare from Prince Brochwel's hunt under her cloak, after which the prince granted her the valley as a sanctuary. Pre-Congregation.
St. Melangell is the patron saint of Hares, Small Animals, Refugees and Pennant Melangell.
