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Dafydd Ddu o Hiraddug

He was once believed to be the son of a certain Hywel ap Madog of Tremeirchion, but this has now been disproven. Dafydd composed poems on religious themes; his surviving work includes poems on the Ten Commandments, Salvation, and on the ephemeracy of human life and of God's judgement to come after death. Dafydd is also thought to be the composer of the "Gwasanaeth Mair" (Mary's Service), a poetical translation of the Latin "Horae beatae Mariae virginis" (a Book of Hours) into Welsh.

Also recorded as Dafydd Ddu Athro Hiraddug · Dafydd Ddu Athro o Hiraddug · Dafydd Ddu Hiraddug

Dafydd Ddu o Hiraddug

The great canopied 14th century tomb of the priest Dafydd ap Hywel ap Madog, known as Dafydd Ddu Athro o Hiraddug - ‘Black David, the Teacher of Hiraddug’. Famous as a bard, writer and according to legend) a soothsaying prophet, this vicar of Tremeirchion lies beneath an elaborately cusped arch, on a tomb bedecked with shields of family heraldry and the symbols of the crucifixion (a pew in front f

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Born
1350 · Cwm.
Died
1371
Occupation
poet · canon
Languages
Welsh · Latin

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Dafydd Ddu o Hiraddug vécut de 1350 à 1400 et figure dans les notices d'autorité de la Deutsche Nationalbibliothek.

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La naissance de Dafydd Ddu o Hiraddug est enregistrée en 1350, et le décès en 1400.

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