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'' j. evan thomas death of tewdric '' after a sculpture by mathern , wales april 1 200px roman catholicism eastern orthodox church sixth century church of st tewdrig , mathern death.of.tewdric.jpg tewdrig
 saint tewdrig
tewdrig

tewdrig -lrb- -rrb- -lrb- -rrb- was a king of the post-roman kingdom of glywysing .
he abdicated in favour of his son meurig -lrb- maurice -rrb- and retired to live a hermitical life , but was recalled to lead his son 's army against an intruding saxon force .
he won the battle , but was mortally wounded .
the context of the battle is one of britons versus invading saxons , without explicit religious overtones .
however , since tewdrig held to a religious lifestyle and was killed while defending a christian kingdom against pagans , by the standards of that day tewdrig is considered to be a martyr and a saint .
the latin form of his name is given as ` theodoric ' and his feast day is april 1 .
tewdrig 's name appears in a genealogy of jesus college ms 20 , in the line of one of his descendants , but the only substantive information about the person comes from the twelfth century `` book of llandaff '' .
the `` book of llandaff '' places tewdrig 's story in the territory of the historical kingdom of gwent -lrb- the southeastern part of modern monmouthshire -rrb- , though it states that he was a king of glywysing .
the ancient histories of the kingdoms of gwent and glywysing are intertwined , and he may have ruled both kingdoms .
