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8. Paulinus of Ty Gwyn, succeeded Mancen, 480-510, and 



had as disciples David and Teilo. 

 S. David removed the site of the monastery from Ty Gwyn 

 to Bosnat, where is now the Cathedral, 520-550. He 

 had with him Teilo, Aidan or Maidoc afterwards of 

 Ferns, d. 580, Cadoc — but hardly the great Cadoc who 

 converted S. Iltyd, — Ismael and Modomnoc. 

 It must be clearly understood that the dates given above 

 are approximate only. 



To return to Ty Grwyn. 



Here David was under the teaching of Paul or Paulinus. 

 Later he was with S. Iltyd at Caerworgon. He also visited 

 Bath, Glastonbury, Leominster, and Gwent. 



Then he returned to his native place and settled in the 

 valley of the Allun, and strongly urged the abandonment of the 

 old site at Ty Gwyn, also called Yr Henllwyn or the Old Bush. 

 It was exposed to gales, and worse still was so near the harbour, 

 that it was open to attack from pirates at any time. 



The place he selected was sheltered, if marshy. Having 

 planted himself there he lighted his fire. Next morning an 

 Irish Pict Chieftain who had effected a settlement hard by on a 

 prong of red Cambrian rock, which he had compassed with a 

 wall, saw the rising smoke and went in wrath to investigate who 

 had come on his land and taken possession without consent. 

 The man's name was Boia,* and the Cleggr Voia still retains 

 both his name and remains of his fortress. It looks directly up 

 the Allun valley to where now stands S. David's Cathedral. 



The Chief was easily pacified, but his wife, a nagging, 

 ill-conditioned woman, was not content. She endeavoured to 

 goad her husband on to killing the intruders. 



As he would not listen to her tongue, having had long and 

 disagreeable acquaintance with it, she sent her maids to bathe 

 in the stream near where the monks were settled. David took 

 no notice of them. Then she brought her step-daughter down 

 into a hazel-brake on the slope of the ravine, on the excuse that 

 she wished to trim her hair in the sun. When the girl laid her 



*The life of S. Teilo distinctly says he was a Gwyddel-Fficlit. 



