Editing Cadfan ap Iago (section)

== Saint Beuno ==
[[Beuno|Saint Beuno]] and the monastery at [[Clynnog Fawr]] are often cited in conjunction with Cadfan. An 1828 article by 
P. B. Williams in the ''[[Honourable Society of Cymmrodorion|Cymmrodorion]]'' cited a manuscript stating that a local prince named 'Gwytheint' gave Clynnog Fawr to God and Saint Beuno, who was then Abbot at the monastery at Clynnog, and that the donation was free from taxes and obligations forever. It goes on to say that Beuno founded a convent at Clynnog in 616 and that Cadfan was Beuno's great patron, promising him extensive lands. The promise was carried out by Cadfan's son, King [[Cadwallon ap Cadfan|Cadwallon]], and that Cadwallon was given a [[sceptre|golden sceptre]] worth 60 cows as a token of acknowledgment.<ref>{{Harvcolnb|Williams|1828|pp=236}}, ''Clynog Vawr''</ref>{{efn|A consistent version is given in [[William Jenkins Rees]]' 1853, ''Lives of the Cambro-British Saints''}}{{sfn|Rees|1853|pp=300}} (''Life of Saint Beino'') (Rees was the editor of the 1828 ''Cymmrodorion'' that published P. B. Williams' account.)

There are minor variations of these accounts, sometimes with the details rearranged, such as in Rice Rees' 1836, ''Essay on the Welsh Saints'', where he says that Cadfan (rather than his son Cadwallon) was given the golden sceptre by Beuno.<ref>{{Harvcolnb|Rees|1836|pp=268}}, ''Essay on the Welsh Saints''</ref>