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Keep the faith. Do the little things"). The cross is mounted on a shaft made from wind-fallen Welsh timber and has a stand made of Welsh slate. [3] The centre of the cross features a reliquary, with red backing material and rose crystal, containing the two relics of the True Cross. The relics measure 10 millimetres (0.39 in) and 5 millimetres ...
Maen Achwyfan or Maen Achwyfan Cross (Welsh: Maen Achwyfan), located near the village of Whitford in Flintshire, Wales, is a high cross. Standing 3.4 metres (11 ft) high, it is the tallest wheel cross in Britain, and is a Scheduled monument .
The Cross of Neith (Welsh Y Groes Naid or Y Groes Nawdd) was a sacred relic believed to be a fragment of the True Cross of Jesus Christ that had been kept at Aberconwy by the kings and princes of Gwynedd, members of the Aberffraw dynasty who established the Principality of Wales. They believed it afforded them and their people divine protection.
The Pillar of Eliseg – also known as Elise's Pillar or Croes Elisedd in Welsh – stands near Valle Crucis Abbey, Denbighshire, Wales [Grid reference ]. It was erected by Cyngen ap Cadell (died 855), king of Powys in honour of his great-grandfather Elisedd ap Gwylog .
The flag of Saint David (Welsh: Baner Dewi Sant) represents the 6th-century Saint David (Welsh: Dewi Sant; c. 500 – c. 589), a Welsh bishop of Menevia and the patron saint of Wales. It is normally a yellow cross on a black field, but it has also appeared as a black cross on a yellow field or with an engrailed cross.
The cross is an important example of an 11th-century memorial Celtic cross and is believed to commemorate the brother of Hywel ab Edwin, Maredudd ab Edwin of Deheubarth, who died in 1035. The brothers were joint rulers of Deheubarth, and the cross is thought to date from around the time of Maredudd's death.
In 1954 the Church in Wales' governing body passed a motion for an official flag to represent the church. Following negotiations with the College of Arms, it was decided that the new flag would consist of a blue cross with a white background with a gold celtic cross in the centre. [1] The flag gained official status on 9 December 1954. [1]
An inverted Saint David's Cross with the arms of the Diocese in the canton. pre – 1954: Unofficial flag of the Diocese of St Asaph: An inverted Saint David's Cross with the arms of the Diocese in the canton. pre – 1954: Unofficial flag of the Diocese of St Davids: An inverted Saint David's Cross with the arms of the Diocese in the canton ...