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He is known as the Welsh "Rain Saint", like Medard in France,Gildas in Brittany and Street Swithin in England. lieutenant would appear that a pre-Christian rain day might have been associated with a date in July, when, if it rained on that day, it was believed rain would continue for forty days. Cewydd"s Feast Day was 15 July, (originally 2 July before the Julian/Gregorian Calendar change.
Very little is known of his life due to the scarcity of records in the early Dark Ages in Wales.
He is known mainly from churches associated with him, which are on Anglesey (Wales) and Lancaut in Chepstow, Wales/England border Cusop.Kewstoke Steynton in Rhos, Aberedw, Disserth yn Elfael, Llangewydd and Capel Cewy, Mynachlogddu
Churches associated with him are at Aberedw, Lancaut and Laleston. Ecclesiastical records in the Book of Llandaff refer to a religious establishment of lann ceuid, probably at Lancaut, which is likely to have been established by 625AD and was recorded there by 703AD. His feast day is 1 July, but South Wales tradition records 15 July as Dygwyl Cewydd - Feast of Street Cewydd.
