Caradog Ap Bran (10 - 54)

Born 0010 in Glamorganshire, Wales

Descendants

Died 0054 at about age 44 in Rome, Italy

Biography

There is much legendary material associated with this person.

Research Notes

In some respects, Caradoc ap Bran would appear to be a legendary version of the historical Caractacus. However, there are so many differences that there are advantages to keeping a separate profile for Caradoc ap Bran.

The following two profiles overlap in their identity:

• Caratacus or Caractacus is the historical version. Caractacus was the son of Cunobelinus
• Caradoc is the legendary version and is the son of Bran the Blessed.

Birth

Baptized: 0056^[1]

Birth: 0007—0035, Siluria. Trevan, Llanilid, Glamorganshire, England

Children

1. Eigen^[2]
2. Claudia (Gladys)
3. Cyllinus
4. Linus^[3]

Links removed

The following were previously linked on WikiTree to Anna Arimathea

• Father: Joseph of Arimathea. This is a BCE (before the Common Era) profile and will be removed from WikiTree in due course.
• Husband: Caradog ap Bran, said to be born in the year 35, Glamorganshire, England.
• Child: Cyllinus ap Caradoc, said to be born in the year 65, Travan, Llanilid, Glamorganshire.

Bran the Blessed and his Children

Bran the Blessed or Bran Fendigaid has been shown with the following children. Since Bran is a legendary rather than historical figure, these children have been de-linked. There is no expectation that the relationships of legendary persons will fit logical dating patterns! ^[4]

1. Avallach ap Bran. No birth year, possibly born unknown BCE.
2. Caradog ap Bran, born 0035, Glamorganshire, England
3. Beli ap Bran born 0060,
4. Protage ap Bran, or Protage Benardin Bran, born 0110, Glamorgan, Wales.

Bran the Blessed, legendary father

Conversion to Christianity

Bran the Blessed, the son of Llyr Llediaith was the first of the race of the Cymry who was converted to the faith in Christ.^[5]

His family is the most ancient of the Holy Families of the Island of Britain, and his church is in Llandaff. ^[5]

Arwystli Hen, a man from Italy; he came with Bran, the son of Llyr, to the Island of Britain to teach the Christian faith. ^[5]

70: Bran and Ilid from Rome to Wales to Teach Christianity

Saint Ilid^[6], a man of Israel, who came with Bran, the son of Llyr, from Rome to teach the Christian faith to the race of the Cymry.
^[5]

Ilid. A saint who is said to have accompanied Bran ab Liyr to Britain, about A. D. 70, with Arwystli Hen, cyndav, and Mawan, and to have been one of the first preachers of the Gospel in this country. Ilid and Cyndav are called men of Israel, which would imply that they were converted Jews. Ilid is said to have converted many of the Cymry to the Christian faith. A saying of his is preserved in "Chwedlau y Doethion," "Hst thou heard the saying of St. ilid, one come of the rase of Israel? There is no madness like extreme anger." (Iolo Morganwg's Welsh MSS.) ^[6]

Eigen, the daughter of Caradoc, the son of Bran, the son of Llyr Llediaith, wife of Sallwg, lord of Garth Mathrin.
Saint Lleurwg, called Lleuver Mawr [the great luminary], the son of Coel, the son of Cyllin, the son of Caradoc, the son of Bran, the son of Llyr Llediaith, sent to Pope Eleutherius to request bishops to confer baptism on those of the race of the Cymry who should believe in Christ.
^[5]

Saint Gwerydd, the son of Cadwn, the son of Cenau, the son of Eudav, of the family of Bran the Blessed, the son of Llyr Llediaith. His church is Llanwerydd, the same as Saint Dunawd. Saint Gwynno, of the family of Bran the Blessed.^[5]

Death

Date: 0067 — Executed, Rome, Italy, Age: 46-47. ^[7]

Sources

1. ↑ Smart, p. 3
2. ↑ Iolo Manuscripts, p. 538
3. ↑ Smart, pp. 3-6, added 2014-08-02, amb
4. ↑ jhd Jan 27, 2018
5. ↑ ^{5.0 5.1 5.2 5.3 5.4 5.5} Iolo Manuscripts, p. 538. accessed 2014-04-26, amb
6. ↑ ^{6.0 6.1} A Biographical Dictionary of Eminent Welshmen: From the Earliest Times to the Present, and Including Every Name Connected with the Ancient History of Wales ... (Google eBook). Robert Williams. William Rees, 1852. Accessed August 24, 2017. jhd
7. ↑ Smart, p. 3

See also

• Histroical Traditions and Facts relating to Newport and Caerleon, by a member of the Caerleon and Monmouthshire antiquarian society by Charles Octavius S. Morgan 1880, p. 7

• Iolo Manuscripts: A Selection of Ancient Welsh Manuscripts, in Prose and Verse, from the Collection Made by the Late Edward Williams, Iolo Morganwg, for the Purpose of Forming a Continuation of the Myfyrian Archaiology; and Subsequently Proposed as Materials for a New History of Wales, p. 538. (Google eBook). Iolo Morganwg. W. Rees; sold by Longman and Company, London, 1848.

• Thomas Gregory Smart, Genealogy of the descendants of the Prichards, formerly lords of Llanover, Monmouthshire, with an appendix of the pedigrees of the houses, with which that family intermarried, Published 1868. Original from Oxford University. Digitized Jun 23, 2006

• Wikipedia entry for Caratacus

Acknowledgments

This person was created through the import of David Rentschler Family Tree_2010-09-30.ged on 01 October 2010.