Digain (also known as Dygain) was a 5th-century Wales saint and Prince of Dumnonia (now the England West Country).
Life
Digain ap Constantine was said to be the son of Constantine Corneu, King of Dumnonia, and was born in
c.429 He was believed to have had three brothers, Erbin (also sainted), Meirchion and Drustan, and possibly a sister (of unknown name).
Sainthood
Traditionally St Digain founded the church of that name in
Llangernyw, meaning "the church of the Cornishman", in the county of
Conwy in
Wales.
[ Eastern Conwy Churches Survey: Church of St Digain, Llangernyw. Retrieved on 2008-02-25.] The church was sited next to an already venerable yew, the
Llangernyw yew. His sainthood was due being a
confessor, meaning he was of remarkable virtue and confessed of the faith through writings and preachings, and has the feast day of November 21.
[Bunson, Matthew, Stephen & Margaret. Our Sunday Visitor's Encyclopedia of Saints Our Sunday Visitor 1998 p. 249]
