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November 8th ' Saint Tysilio of Wales
Also known as
Suliac
Suliau
Tyssel
Tyssilo
=C2 (Seventh Century?)
ACCORDING to the Breton account and the few surviving Welsh
references, Tysilio was son of Brochwel Ysgythrog, prince of Powys in
North Wales. When a young man he ran away to be a monk under the abbot Gwyddfarch at Meifod in Montgomeryshire. His father sent to fetch him
back, but Tysilio refused to go and fled for greater security to an
islet in the Menai Straits, Ynys Suliau. At the end of seven years he
came back to Meifod, where he found Gwyddfarch in spite of his great
age contemplating a pilgrimage to Rome. =E2=80=9CI know what that means=E2= =80=9D, was
Tysilio's comment. =E2=80=9CYou want to see the churches and palace=
s there.
Dream about them, instead of going all that way.=E2=80=9D He took the old m=
an
a long walk over the mountains and tired him out, and Tysilio did not
fail to point out that Rome was a much longer journey than they had
been. Then they sat down and Gwyddfarch went to sleep, and dreamed he
saw all the glory of Rome, and he was satisfied.
=C2 =C2 =C2 =C2 =C2 When he died, Tysilio became abbot in his=
place.
When his elder brother, the prince of Powys, died, his widow
Haiarnwedd wished to marry Tysilio and make him prince. To this he
would not agree, for he had no taste for war and secular pursuits or
for marriage, least of all within the prohibited degrees. His
sister-in-law took this refusal as a personal insult, drove him from
Meifod, and he took refuge at Builth in Breconshire. As her anger
still pursued him, he left Wales altogether and sailed for Armorica
with some of his monks. They landed at the mouth of the Rance,
established contact with St. Malo, and settled at the place still
called Saint-Suliac. When Haiarnwedd died, a deputation came to fetch
Tysilio back to Meifod; he did not go, but sent a book of the gospels
and his staff as an indication of goodwill and blessing. He died and
was buried in Brittany. As well as Ynys Suliau, Tysilio's name is
associated with other places in Wales; it is an element of the
Anglesey (faked) place-name which has the distinction of having 24
syllables in it. A 12th-century bard, Cynddelw, wrote of Tysilio, =E2=80=9C= the
royal saint of Powys=E2=80=9D:
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A lord magnificent
=C2 =C2 =C2 =C2 =C2 =C2 =C2 =C2 =C2 =C2 =C2=
A prince with princes holding intercourse.
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Whoso loves cruelty he sorely hates,
=C2 =C2 =C2 =C2 =C2 =C2 =C2 =C2 =C2 =C2 =C2=
Whilst all whose ends are loveable he loves
=C2 =C2 =C2 =C2 =C2 =C2 =C2 =C2 =C2 =C2 =C2=
To chastisement he charity prefers.
See LBS., vol. iv, pp. 296-305; the Myvyrian Archaiology of Wales,
vol. iii (1807) A. W. Wade-Evans, Welsh Christian Origins (1934), pp.
200-201; and especially G. H. Doble, St. Sulian and St. Tysilio
(1936); they seem to have been two (or three) different people, one
Breton and one Welsh. See E. G. Bowen, Settlements of the Celtic
Saints in Wales (1954)
Saint Quote:
So, you will ask me, who then are the people most tempted? They are
these, my friends; note them carefully. The people most tempted are
those who are ready, with the grace of God, to sacrifice everything
for the salvation of their poor souls, who renounce all those things
which most people eagerly seek. It is not one devil only who tempts
them, but millions seek to entrap them.
--St. John Vianney
Bible Quote:
For we must all be manifested before the judgment seat of Christ, that
every one may receive the proper things of the body, according as he
hath done, whether it be good or evil.=C2 (2 Cor 5:10) DRB
Saint Quote:
Give me ten truly detached men. and I will convert the world with them.
--St. Philip Neri
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A prayer to the Holy Trinity, from the Raccolta:
Of Thy tender mercy, we beseech Thee, O Lord, loose the
bonds of our sins, and through the intercession of Mary, the
blessed and ever-Virgin Mother of God, together with that of
Saint Joseph and Thy blessed Apostles Peter and Paul, and of
all Thy Saints, keep us Thy servants and our dwelling places in
all holiness; cleanse from sin and endue with virtue all those
who are joined to us by kindred, affinity and friendship; grant
unto us peace and safety; remove far from us our enemies, both
visible and invisible; repress all our carnal desires; grant us
wholesome air; bestow Thy charity upon our friends and
enemies; guard Thy city; preserve our Pontiff N.; defend all
prelates and princes and Thine entire Christian people from
every adversity.=C2 Let Thy blessing be evermore upon us, and do
Thou grant unto all the faithful departed rest everlasting.
Amen.
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