Saint Eluned

Saint Eluned (Welsh: Eiliwedd; Latin: Almedha or Elevetha), also known as Aled and by other names, was a 5th- or 6th-century virgin martyr from the area of modern Breconshire.

[3] She spurned the advances of a pagan prince and, like many women of her time, ran away to avoid being forced into the relationship.

She would not find peace until her arrival at Slwch Tump, where the local lord gave her protection.

Her head rolled down the hill and hit a stone; as in the story of Saint Winefride, a healing spring burst from that spot.

He refers to the saint's remains as being housed in the priory church at Usk, home to a community of Benedictine nuns founded sometime before 1135 by Richard de Clare.