Kadog : diforc'h etre ar stummoù

==Pennadoù kar==

*[[Kadog Kerne]]

 

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... a daeth i wrthdrawiad a'r Brenin [[Arthur]] ac a [[Maelgwn Gwynedd]]. Dywedir iddo dreulio cyfnod yn byw fel meudwy gyda [[Gildas]] ar ynys ym mae Morbihan yn Llydaw.

At [[Caerleon]], a [[Ancient Roman|Roman]] centre of Monmouthshire, the much-rebuilt [[Church (building)|church]] dedicated to St Cadoc, though of Norman origin, stands on the foundations of the Roman legion headquarters, a sign of the Christianization of Roman sites after the legions departed [[Britannia]]. It may memorialize an early cell of Cadoc's, although an old tradition suggests that, in this case, Cadoc is a corruption of Cadfrod.

 

 

He came into conflicts with king [[King Arthur|Arthur]], who is mentioned twice in the ''vita'', as great and bold but willful. The reference is of importance to those concerned with the [[Historical basis for King Arthur|historicity of Arthur]] as one of five insular and two Breton saints with claims to mention Arthur independently of [[Geoffrey of Monmouth]]'s ''[[Historia Regum Britanniae]]''. <ref>Discussed at length in Tatlock 1939.</ref> The ''vita'' mentions a certain miraculous spot that had a healing effect until the time of king Hiuguel,<ref>''usque ad tempus Hiuguel regis, filii Ouguenii regis [[Morgannwg|Morganensium'' (quoted in Tatlock 1939:346.</ref> after due to a malevolent influence the spot has been lost; Hiuguel is the ''Hywel vab weyn'' who died in his old age, ca 1041-44. The date of Lifris' ''Vita Cadoci'', shortly before 1086, makes it a testimony of Arthur that is independent of Geoffrey of Monmouth's myth-making.

 

==Cadoc and Beneventum==

In an episode towards the end of his ''vita'' Cadoc is carried off in a cloud from Britannia (''de terra Britannie'') to [[Beneventum]], where a certain prior is warned of the coming of a "western Briton" who is to be renamed Sophias; as ''Sophias'' Cadoc becomes abbot, bishop and martyr. A ''[[Basilica|magna basilica]]'' was erected over his shrine, which visiting Britons were not allowed to enter. And a fictitious "Pope Alexander" is made to figure in the narrative. Tatlock points out that Alexander was an obscure second-century papal name until the accession of [[Pope Alexander II]] (1061) and that Beneventum in southern Italy became more prominent after it was traded to the papacy in 1051 and popes began to visit it regularly and councils were held there in 1087 and 1091; but ''Beneventum'' has been associated with the Roman town of [[Bannaventa]] (five kilometers east of [[Daventry]] in [[Northamptonshire]])<ref>"Certain innocent moderns, anxious to extract the uttermost farthing of historical truth from this yarn, have tried to identify 'Beneventana civitas' with some place in Britain," Tatlock observed and pointed out that the circular Lombard church in Beneventum was dedicated to Saint Sophias, "a scarce name among saints. The inference is obvious that some Welsh visitor to Benevento had found there some name or anecdote to excuse the attractive invention that Cadoc had been there and was Sofia." (Tatlock 1939:346).</ref> <!--is the following useful?-->on the edge of [[Anglo-Saxons|Saxon]] territory in Britain. This latter hypothesis proposes that it was overrun by Saxons at this time, thus explaining both the killing of Cadoc and the prohibition on Britons entering the town to recover his body.

 

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