medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and culture
>The saints of the day for September 11th include:
>
>>Daniel (Deiniol) of Bangor (d. 584) Daniel founded two monasteries, both
>>named Bangor (I guess all the good names had been used): Bangor in Gwynedd
>>and Bangor Isycoed in Clwyd (Wales). He is credited as the first bishop
>>of the first Bangor, consecrated supposedly in 516.
I was curious about the meaning of the word "bangor", and thought there might be a story behind the repetition of the name, so I asked Heather Rose Jones, my friendly neighborhood Welsh expert. Her comment:
>It's even simpler than you think. In Welsh, "bangor" is a word meaning
>"monastery, monastic enclosure".
>
>The word's original sense is "a wattled fence", which got extended to
>"the land enclosed by such a fence, especially consecrated land so enclosed",
>and thence to "monastery" in general.
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