Gwynllyw

Saint Gwynllyw Milwr
Drawing of a statue of Gwynllyw (Welsh Portrait Collection)
King
Born	17 January 450 traditionally Gwynllwg
Died	29 March 529[1] Stow Hill, Newport
Venerated in	Eastern Orthodox Church Roman Catholic Church Anglican Communion
Major shrine	St Woolos Cathedral
Feast	29 March
Attributes	crowned warrior, carrying spear sometimes accompanied by an ox
Patronage	Newport; pirates; soldiers
Controversy	place of death (see text)

Gwynllyw Filwr or Gwynllyw Farfog (Welsh pronunciation: [ˈɡwɪnɬɪu]), known in English in a corrupted form as Woolos the Warrior or Woolos the Bearded (Latin: Gundleus, Gundleius or Gwenleue; c. 450 – 500 CE) was a Welsh king and religious figure.

He was King of Gwynllŵg in South Wales and is the legendary founder and patron saint of the City of Newport, living in the 5th century. According to medieval tradition, he was a feared warlord and lifestock raider who was acquainted with the mythical King Arthur, but later encountered religion and became a hermit, founding St Woolos Cathedral in Newport. He was the father of one of the most revered of Welsh saints, Saint Cadoc the Wise.