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{{Short description|5th-century Christian saint}}{{Infobox saint|name=Digain|birth_date=429|death_date=Late 5th century|honored_in=[[Roman Catholic Church]]}}
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'''Digain''' (also known as Dygain) was a 5th-century [[Wales|Welsh]] [[saint]] and Prince of [[Dumnonia]] (now the [[England|English]] [[West Country]]).
[[File:St Digian's Church, Llangernyw - geograph.org.uk - 1160386.jpg|thumb|St Digain's Church, [[Llangernyw]]]]
==Life==
Digain ap Constantine was said to be the son of [[Constantine Corneu]], King of Dumnonia, and was born in ''c.''429{{Citation needed|date=January 2010}} He was believed to have had three brothers, [[Erbin of Dumnonia|Erbin]] (also sainted), Meirchion and Drustan, and possibly a sister (of unknown name).{{Citation needed|date=January 2010}}
==Sainthood==
Traditionally St Digain founded the church of that name in [[Llangernyw]], meaning "the church of the Cornishman", in the county of [[Conwy]] in [[Wales]].<ref>[http://www.cpat.demon.co.uk/projects/longer/churches/conwy/16869.htm Eastern Conwy Churches Survey: Church of St Digain, Llangernyw.] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101210085918/http://www.cpat.demon.co.uk/projects/longer/churches/conwy/16869.htm |date=10 December 2010 }} Retrieved on 2008-02-25.</ref> The church was sited next to an already venerable yew, the [[Llangernyw yew]]. His sainthood was due being a [[confessor]], meaning he was of remarkable virtue and confessed of the faith through writings and preachings, and has the feast day of November 21.<ref>Bunson, Matthew, Stephen & Margaret. ''Our Sunday Visitor's Encyclopedia of Saints'' Our Sunday Visitor 1998 {{ISBN|0879735880}} p. 249</ref>
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