A Fragment

Posted February 3, 2009, 08:02 ET Comments Off

Saint Brychan of Wales had 24 sons and 26 daughters, of whom all of the former and half of the latter became saints in turn. Many of them were martyred by pagan Saxons at places where, remarkably, Saxons never lived. And that is all we know–or, rather, more than all we know–about Saint Brychan.