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Matches in DBpedia 2014 for { ?s ?p Saint Padarn's Church is a Church in Wales parish church at Llanbadarn Fawr, near Aberystwyth, in Ceredigion, Wales, SY23 3QZ.The site has been used for Christian worship since it was founded by Saint Padarn, after whom it was named, in the early sixth century. It was rebuilt in the thirteenth century after a fire, and is a fine large aisleless cruciform church with transepts and a substantial central tower, some 163 feet long. It contains a fine peal of bells, and its tower presents one of the more noticeable sites in Aberystwyth. It was extended around 1475, and the wagon roof over the chancel was boarded or plastered in 1491 by John Stafford (1476-1516), Abbot of Strata Florida Abbey. The roof is finely finished with bosses at the intersection of the moulded principals and purlins.The church, which has been listed grade I since 21 January 1964, was substantially restored in stages 1867-84 by John Pollard Seddon, and the roof was renewed, apart from the wagon roof over the chancel, which survives above Seddon's roof. The church contains two mediaeval crosses, moved in the early twentieth century inside the church. In 1988 a new chapel to St Padarn was constructed in the western transept. The Forster and Andrews organ dates from 1885.The church had been the seat of a bishop during the years immediately following St Padarn, who was its first bishop. Llanbadarn Fawr was a sixth-century foundation, a Celtic clas church, which was re-founded as a cell of St Peter's, Gloucester (a Benedictine abbey), by Gilbert fitzRichard. Monastic life at Llanbadarn Fawr was short-lived for the Welsh drove the English monks away when they re-conquered Cardigan. The priory later became a college of priests. Whilst the exact date St Padarn founded the church is uncertain, the Roman Catholic Parish of Aberystwyth, until recently based at St Winefride's Church, Aberystwyth, is marking the 1,500th anniversary in 2017, assuming a foundation date of 517 - in the seventeenth century James Ussher, Archbishop of Armagh suggested 515.The parish, which was once one of the largest in Wales, was eventually divided into some 17 parishes, comprising 20 churches. It is large coterminous with the modern deanery of Llanbadarn Fawr.Thomas Bradwardine, later briefly Archbishop of Canterbury, was Rector of Llanbadarn Fawr 1347-1349, and thereafter the Abbot of the Cistercian Vale Royal Abbey, Chester, was ex officio Rector 1360-1538. William Morgan, later Bishop of Llandaff and of St Asaph, the first translator of the Bible from Greek and Hebrew into Welsh, was vicar of Llanbadarn Fawr 1572-75. The parish was originally a single parish benefice, (under a vicar), but from 2013 has been in the Benefice of Llanbadarn Fawr and Elerch and Penrhyncoch and Capel Bangor, in the deanery of Llanbadarn Fawr, in the archdeaconry of Cardigan, of the Diocese of St David's.Brigadier Lewis Pugh Evans, World War I Victoria Cross recipient and former churchwarden, is buried in the churchyard. His grave is marked by a simple slate headstone giving names and birth-death dates.The physical address of the church is 2 Primrose Hill, Llanbadarn Fawr SY23 3QZ. The churchyard gate to the south west of the church is listed grade II (26 October 2002), and has its own postcode (SY23 3QY). The lychgate to the south east is also listed grade II (25 October 2002), and is located at SY23 3RA.The parish, traditionally of a broad church persuasion, and with a strong choral tradition, generally has separate Welsh and English language services. The Vicar (priest-in-charge is the Reverend Canon Andrew Loat, from 2014, after an interregnum from 2008, after the retirement of the Reverend Timothy Morgan (2001-2008). The Venerable Hywel Jones (vicar 1979-1992) had been cleric with pastoral care 2008-2014. Occasionally the parish has also had an Assistant Curate; since 2012 this has been the Reverend Professor Noel Cox, a non-stipendiary cleric.. }

• St_Padarn's_Church,_Llanbadarn_Fawr abstract "Saint Padarn's Church is a Church in Wales parish church at Llanbadarn Fawr, near Aberystwyth, in Ceredigion, Wales, SY23 3QZ.The site has been used for Christian worship since it was founded by Saint Padarn, after whom it was named, in the early sixth century. It was rebuilt in the thirteenth century after a fire, and is a fine large aisleless cruciform church with transepts and a substantial central tower, some 163 feet long. It contains a fine peal of bells, and its tower presents one of the more noticeable sites in Aberystwyth. It was extended around 1475, and the wagon roof over the chancel was boarded or plastered in 1491 by John Stafford (1476-1516), Abbot of Strata Florida Abbey. The roof is finely finished with bosses at the intersection of the moulded principals and purlins.The church, which has been listed grade I since 21 January 1964, was substantially restored in stages 1867-84 by John Pollard Seddon, and the roof was renewed, apart from the wagon roof over the chancel, which survives above Seddon's roof. The church contains two mediaeval crosses, moved in the early twentieth century inside the church. In 1988 a new chapel to St Padarn was constructed in the western transept. The Forster and Andrews organ dates from 1885.The church had been the seat of a bishop during the years immediately following St Padarn, who was its first bishop. Llanbadarn Fawr was a sixth-century foundation, a Celtic clas church, which was re-founded as a cell of St Peter's, Gloucester (a Benedictine abbey), by Gilbert fitzRichard. Monastic life at Llanbadarn Fawr was short-lived for the Welsh drove the English monks away when they re-conquered Cardigan. The priory later became a college of priests. Whilst the exact date St Padarn founded the church is uncertain, the Roman Catholic Parish of Aberystwyth, until recently based at St Winefride's Church, Aberystwyth, is marking the 1,500th anniversary in 2017, assuming a foundation date of 517 - in the seventeenth century James Ussher, Archbishop of Armagh suggested 515.The parish, which was once one of the largest in Wales, was eventually divided into some 17 parishes, comprising 20 churches. It is large coterminous with the modern deanery of Llanbadarn Fawr.Thomas Bradwardine, later briefly Archbishop of Canterbury, was Rector of Llanbadarn Fawr 1347-1349, and thereafter the Abbot of the Cistercian Vale Royal Abbey, Chester, was ex officio Rector 1360-1538. William Morgan, later Bishop of Llandaff and of St Asaph, the first translator of the Bible from Greek and Hebrew into Welsh, was vicar of Llanbadarn Fawr 1572-75. The parish was originally a single parish benefice, (under a vicar), but from 2013 has been in the Benefice of Llanbadarn Fawr and Elerch and Penrhyncoch and Capel Bangor, in the deanery of Llanbadarn Fawr, in the archdeaconry of Cardigan, of the Diocese of St David's.Brigadier Lewis Pugh Evans, World War I Victoria Cross recipient and former churchwarden, is buried in the churchyard. His grave is marked by a simple slate headstone giving names and birth-death dates.The physical address of the church is 2 Primrose Hill, Llanbadarn Fawr SY23 3QZ. The churchyard gate to the south west of the church is listed grade II (26 October 2002), and has its own postcode (SY23 3QY). The lychgate to the south east is also listed grade II (25 October 2002), and is located at SY23 3RA.The parish, traditionally of a broad church persuasion, and with a strong choral tradition, generally has separate Welsh and English language services. The Vicar (priest-in-charge is the Reverend Canon Andrew Loat, from 2014, after an interregnum from 2008, after the retirement of the Reverend Timothy Morgan (2001-2008). The Venerable Hywel Jones (vicar 1979-1992) had been cleric with pastoral care 2008-2014. Occasionally the parish has also had an Assistant Curate; since 2012 this has been the Reverend Professor Noel Cox, a non-stipendiary cleric.".