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AN. PROPITIETVR DEVS AMEN. Din- 

 erth is another name for Llandrillo. The gwyl 

 mah sant, or saint's day, is the 16th of June. The 

 rectory is a sinecure held since 1759 by the bishops 

 of St. Asapli in commendam, and the vicarage is 

 in the gift of the bishop ; the rector and vicar have 

 also a share of the tithes of Llanelian, Llansant- 

 ffraid, and Llysvaen. 



LLANGYSTENIN. 



This church is dedicated to Cystennyn, tlie son 

 of Cynvor, who was elected to the royal dignity by 

 the Britons about A. D. 390. In Pope Nicholas's 

 taxation in A.D. 1291, it is called a chapel to 

 Abergele; it is now a rectory attached to the 

 bishoprick. In the church there aresome fragments 

 of finely painted glass ; the first figure in the east 

 window represents the resurrection of our Saviour, 

 and the other St. George vanquishing the dragon, 

 in complete armour on a horse richly caparisoned ; 

 the human figure is tolerably perfect, but a portion 

 only of the horse remains. In the adjoining win- 

 dow are four figures in good preservation ; the first 

 is Justice holding her balance, at one end of which 

 is represented a sinner, and at the other his sins, 

 with the devil jmlling underneath to make it pre- 



