Saint Tysul

Saint Tysul was a 5th-century pre-canonical saint and patron saint of the churches of Llandysul in Ceredigion (Cardiganshire) and Llandyssil in Maldwyn (Montgomeryshire), Powys.[1] Tysul’s full name was Tysul ap Corun ap Cunedda – or son of Corun, son of Cunedda. His feast day is 31 January.[2]

Saint Tysul
Window in Montgomery Church showing St Tyssul holding the Old Church in Llandyssil
Bornc. 470 AD
Venerated inAnglican Communion
Canonizedpre-canonical
Feast31 January

Life

His full name was Tysul ap Corun ap Cunedda – or in English Tysul son of Corun, son of Cunedda and he was born around 462 AD.

He died in 554 and today he is remembered in the church of Llandyssil, and the 13th-century church of Llandysul in Ceredigion.

Tysul's Church
Old St Tysul's Church, Llandyssil c1855. Engraving from a drawing by Harry Longueville Jones. Arch Camb, 1884, p. 91

Tysul built a church in Llandyssil, Powys.[3] It was located on a hillside to the south east of the village.[4] and today its remains are still within a roughly circular graveyard, which is still in use.

The south porch is the only surviving part of St. Tysul's church, which was replaced in 1866 by a new church on the north west side of the village. His church was renowned for its timber belfry,[5] and there was strong contemporary feeling against its demolition and replacement.[6][7][8][9][10]

  • View over Llandyssil in Montgomeryshire from the old churchyard
    View over Llandyssil in Montgomeryshire from the old churchyard
  • Lych Gate, St Tysul's Old churchyard, Llandyssil
    Lych Gate, St Tysul's Old churchyard, Llandyssil
  • The re-built porch of the Old Church, Llandyssil
    The re-built porch of the Old Church, Llandyssil
  • 13th-century St Tysul Church, Llandysul, Ceredigion
    13th-century St Tysul Church, Llandysul, Ceredigion
  • New Church of St Tysul, Llndyssil
    New Church of St Tysul, Llndyssil

References
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  1. Bartrum P C “A Welsh Classical Dictionary: People in History and Legend up to about A.D. 1000”, National Library of Wales, 1993, 630.
  2. Thomas D R, The History of the Diocese of St Asaph, Vol I, (Caxton Press, Oswestry 1908) 2 ed. p. 524.
  3. Llandyssil.com Archived 2014-08-13 at the Wayback Machine
  4. Old Church Of Saint Tyssil.
  5. Pickering, W., Archaeologia Cambrensis, 1904 pp.125–132; 269–272.
  6. Haslam R, (Powys), Buildings of Wales series, 1979,p 126;
  7. H.L.J, 'Llandyssul Church, Montgomeryshire' Archaeologia Cambrensis, Series iii, Vol. X, 1864, pp. 125–8
  8. Montgomeryshire Genealogical Society, Parish of Llandyssil, Parish Church of St Tyssil, Bethesda Presbyterian Chapel, Moriah Presbyterian Chapel: Memorial Inscriptions (Montgomeryshire Genealogical Society, 1996).
  9. PowysRichard Haslam Yale University Press, 1 Jan 1979 page 126.
  10. Bartrum P C A Welsh Classical Dictionary: People in History and Legend up to about A.D. 1000, National Library of Wales, 1993, 630.
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