In an exciting development, St Fagans, the National History Museum of Wales, on the outskirts of Cardiff, is rebuilding St Teilo's Church, replete with decorative rood screen.
The church, which originally stood at Llandeilo, near Pontardulais in west Wales, is being faithfully rebuilt to recreate its appearance in the year 1520.
The rood screen will depict the legend of how St Teilo, the patron saint of fruit trees and horses, fled to Brittany to escape yellow fever in 545 AD.
Not sure how St Teilo managed to combine the two contrasting responsibilities of fruit trees and horses, but, he/she is certainly the leader in the most intriguing patron saint stakes...
Am a bit disapointed at St Teilo abandoning his/her duties, merely to escape yellow fever, unless it's possible to administer patronage from France...
Further research also revealed that in due course, St Teilo returned to Wales, and helped the locals defeat a tricky dragon, which he tied to a rock at the seaside...
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