Matches in DBpedia 2014 for { ?s ?p Dyfan is the name of a 2nd-century saint, recorded as a missionary to Wales.According to the 12th-century historian, William of Malmesbury, Dyfan was sent to Wales as a companion of the missionary Saint Fagan, in the second half of the second century by Pope Eleutherius.Gomer Roberts reports Gwilym Teilo's opinion that Dyfan was a missionary who came to Wales in the second century with Fagan, Meudwy and Elfan; Roberts notes that his name may also recall Dyfnan, one of the sons of Brychan Brycheiniog, and that associating a missionary named Dyfan with the dedication of a chapel as Llandyfan is conjecture because the place was always called Llandyfân with the accent on the last syllable.Dyfan's name is also cited as Damian, Diruvianus and Deruvian.The Eastern Orthodox Church may keep the memory of Saints Fagan and Dyfan, together with Pope Eleutherius, on May 26, or of St Dyfan alone on May 14.. }
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- Dyfan abstract "Dyfan is the name of a 2nd-century saint, recorded as a missionary to Wales.According to the 12th-century historian, William of Malmesbury, Dyfan was sent to Wales as a companion of the missionary Saint Fagan, in the second half of the second century by Pope Eleutherius.Gomer Roberts reports Gwilym Teilo's opinion that Dyfan was a missionary who came to Wales in the second century with Fagan, Meudwy and Elfan; Roberts notes that his name may also recall Dyfnan, one of the sons of Brychan Brycheiniog, and that associating a missionary named Dyfan with the dedication of a chapel as Llandyfan is conjecture because the place was always called Llandyfân with the accent on the last syllable.Dyfan's name is also cited as Damian, Diruvianus and Deruvian.The Eastern Orthodox Church may keep the memory of Saints Fagan and Dyfan, together with Pope Eleutherius, on May 26, or of St Dyfan alone on May 14.".
- Dyfan comment "Dyfan is the name of a 2nd-century saint, recorded as a missionary to Wales.According to the 12th-century historian, William of Malmesbury, Dyfan was sent to Wales as a companion of the missionary Saint Fagan, in the second half of the second century by Pope Eleutherius.Gomer Roberts reports Gwilym Teilo's opinion that Dyfan was a missionary who came to Wales in the second century with Fagan, Meudwy and Elfan; Roberts notes that his name may also recall Dyfnan, one of the sons of Brychan Brycheiniog, and that associating a missionary named Dyfan with the dedication of a chapel as Llandyfan is conjecture because the place was always called Llandyfân with the accent on the last syllable.Dyfan's name is also cited as Damian, Diruvianus and Deruvian.The Eastern Orthodox Church may keep the memory of Saints Fagan and Dyfan, together with Pope Eleutherius, on May 26, or of St Dyfan alone on May 14.".