Dubricius

Dubricius or Dubric (Welsh: Dyfrig; Norman-French: Devereux; c. 465 – c. 550) was a 6th-century British ecclesiastic venerated as a saint. He was the evangelist of Ergyng (Welsh: Erging) (later Archenfield) and much of southeast Wales.

Biography

The earliest documentation of Dubricius is from around 1133, recording the translation of his relics, and is to be found (in the form of "Lectiones") in the Book of Llandaff (Liber Landavensis). It may contain some genuine traditions, but as it appeared at least five hundred years after his death, it cannot claim to be historical.

Dubricius was the illegitimate son of Efrddyl, the daughter of King Peibio Clafrog of Ergyng. His grandfather threw his mother into the River Wye when he discovered she was pregnant, but was unsuccessful in drowning her. Dubricius was born in Madley in Herefordshire, England. He and his mother were reconciled with Peibio when the child Dubricius touched him and cured him of his leprosy.