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Saint Melangell was a Welsh virgin (Latin: Monacella) whose Feast Day is celebrated and originally established on May 27 590. The daughter of an Irish king she went to Powys in central Wales to become a hermitess. Brochwel Ysgithrog the prince of Powys granted her land after meeting her on a hunting trip and she founded a community of women serving as abbess for thirty-seven years. Her shrine remains at Saint Melangell’s Church Pennant Melangell.
