Editing Cadfan ap Iago (section)

== Gravestone ==
Cadfan's gravestone is at [[Llangadwaladr]] ({{langx|en|Cadwaladr's Church}}) on [[Anglesey]], a short distance from the ancient ''[[Royal court|llys]]'' ({{langx|en|[[royal court]]}}) of the kings of Gwynedd, and reputed to be their royal burial ground. The inscription refers to him as ''sapientisimus'' ({{langx|en|most wise}}), and as this term is historically used for [[Ecclesiastical|ecclesiastics]], it suggests that at some point, Cadfan had resigned as king to live a [[consecrated life]].{{sfn|Chadwick|1959|pp=156}}{{efn|In the footnote. ''Sapientisimus'' here applied to him means simply, in the [[Latin]] of the period, a "highly learned man", and presumably, therefore, an ecclesiastic. Compare the epithet of [[Gildas]] (Gildas Sapiens), implying clerical status, not natural wisdom.}}

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Photographic image of the tombstone at [[St Cadwaladr's Church, Llangadwaladr]]

: [[File:Catamanus Stone, in Llangadwaladr church. November 2018.jpg|600px|centre|The Catamanus stone in Llangadwaladr church, 2018]]

Enhanced image: [[Image:Cadfan.JPG|600px|centre|King Cadfan's gravestone in Llangadwaladr church<ref>{{Harvcolnb|Lloyd|1911|pp=182}}, ''A History of Wales'', Vol. I.</ref>]]

Inscribed {{circa|634 AD}}, {{langx|la|Catamanus rex sapientisimus opinatisimus omnium regum}}, in {{langx|en|King Cadfan, the Wisest and Most Renowned of All Kings}}.<ref>{{Harvcolnb|Lloyd|1911|pp=182}}, ''A History of Wales'', Vol. I.</ref>
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