Editing Caerleon (section)

===Middle Ages===
Caerleon features extensively in [[Medieval Welsh literature]] and [[Welsh Mythology]], often as a model city against which other settlements are compared. When discussing the disastrous flooding of [[Cantre'r Gwaelod]] in the time of [[Ambrosius Aurelianus]], the author of the ''[[Welsh Triads|Triads of the Island of Britain]]'' notes that Medieval Caerleon is an exceptional city, "superior to all the towns and fortifications in [[Cambria]]".<ref>{{cite book |last1=Bromwich |first1=Rachel |title=Trioedd Ynys Prydein: The Triads of the Island of Britain |date=15 June 2016 |publisher=University of Wales Press |isbn=978-1-78316-305-2}}</ref> 

Medieval Caerleon would remain an important administrative and religious centre for the [[Kingdom of Gwent]], and was an early [[Metropolitan See]] associated with Saint [[Dubricius]] (who is commonly depicted with two [[crosier]]s, signifying the Bishoprics of Caerleon and [[Bishop of Llandaff|Llandaff]]).<ref name=Toke>[http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/05179a.htm Toke, Leslie. "St. Dubric." The Catholic Encyclopedia. Vol. 5. New York: Robert Appleton Company, 1909. 14 April 2015]</ref> At the [[Synod of Brefi]] in 545 AD, Dubricius is said to have given the See of Caerleon to [[Saint David]], who would later move the seat to ''[[St David's|Mynyw]]''. Caerleon was also the location of the [[Synod of Victory]], officiated by [[Saint David]] around 569 AD.<ref>''[[Annales Cambriae]]''.</ref> 

Another medieval saint, [[Cadoc]], is associated with the church built over the ''principia'' (legionary headquarters). [[St Cadoc's Church, Caerleon|Saint Cadoc's Church]], is one of many churches associated with Cadoc's travels, and may have been the location of a monastic cell in the 6th century.<ref>{{cite journal|last1=Kennerley|first1=Eija|title=Saint Cadoc's Church, Caerleon|journal=Gwent Local History|date=Spring 1981|issue=50|pages=3–12|url=https://journals.library.wales/view/1337678/1338124/4|via=[[Welsh Journals]]|publisher=Gwent Local History Council}}</ref>