Tomorrow is Valentines day a time for all lovers to get romantic and exchange gifts, cards you name it.
However in Wales there is a similar celebration but a month early. St Dwynwen’s Day (Dybb Santes Dwynwen) is on the 25th of January.
She is the welsh the patron saint of lovers and her tale as most saints are, is filled with heartache.
She lived it is said around the 5th Century and was one of twenty-four children. After being betrothed with someone more or less from birth she was devastated to fall in love with another whom she could not marry.
She prayed to God to let her forget all about her beloved and be able to carry out her father’s wishes. In response he was turned into a block of ice and she was given three wishes.
Using the wishes wisely she asked for him to be thawed out, and for lovers everywhere to have their hopes and dreams met.
After which she devoted her life to the service of god and formed a small convent off the west coat of Anglesey the remains of which can still be found today.
So next year why not celebrate the day of the lovers a few weeks early?
