Saint Asaph


Asaph
Stained glass window of Saint Asaph, St Giles' Church, Wrexham
Bishop
Bornearly 6th century
what is now Northern Wales, UK
Died(596-05-01)1 May 596
St Asaph, Flintshire (historically), Denbighshire (modern)
Venerated inEastern Orthodox Church[1]
Roman Catholic Church
Anglican Communion
Major shrineSt Asaph Cathedral, Flintshire (destroyed)
Feast1 May, 5 May, 11 May
AttributesBishop with a book, or monk carrying hot coals
PatronageSt Asaph

Saint Asaph (or Asaf, Asa) was, in the second half of the 6th century, the first Bishop of St Asaph, i.e. bishop of the diocese of Saint Asaph.

  1. ^ (in Greek) Ὁ Ἅγιος Ἀσάφιος Ἐπίσκοπος Οὐαλίας. 1 Μαΐου. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.

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