St Padarn's Church, Llanbadarn Fawr
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Saint Padarn's Church is a parish church of the Church in Wales, and the largest mediaeval church in mid-Wales. It is at Llanbadarn Fawr, near Aberystwyth, in Ceredigion, Wales.
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St Padarn's Church | |
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Eglwys Sant Padarn | |
OS grid reference | SN 599 809 |
Location | Llanbadarn Fawr, Ceredigion |
Country | Wales |
Denomination | Church in Wales |
History | |
Dedication | Saint Padarn |
Architecture | |
Functional status | Active |
Heritage designation | Grade I listed building (9832) |
Designated | 21 January 1964 |
Years built | 1257 |
Administration | |
Diocese | Diocese of St David's |
Archdeaconry | Cardigan |
Deanery | Llanbadarn Fawr |
Parish | Llanbadarn Fawr and Elerch and Penrhyncoch and Capel Bangor |
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Founded in the early sixth century, St Padarn's Church has gone through many changes, from a Welsh monastic centre (a clas), a Benedictine priory, a clas again, a royal rectory, a church controlled by Chester's Vale Royal Abbey, and since 1538 a parish church under a vicar.