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Key Image Eglwys Sant Engan/St Engan’s Church
LL53 7LH Pwllheli (Llanengan)
United Kingdom
Denomination: Anglican
Congregation: Bro Enlli (Esgobaeth Bangor/Diocese of Bangor, Archdeaconry of Meirionnydd, Synod Gogledd Meirionnydd)
Geogr. Coordinates: 52.81374° N, 4.53287° W
Geo Location
Reference year: 1250
Architectural style: Gothic
Building type: Hall Church
Description: Two-aisled, gothic hall church with square west tower
Name derivation: From St Engan
Bells
  • Three bells, of which one is dated 1624, and another 1664
Pulpit
  • Timber pulpit of the Gothic Revival style (1847)
Font
  • Octagonal font (15th/16th cent.)
Windows
  • Stained glass east windows and tower window by C Lightfood, Manchester (1979)
Noteworthy
  • Tudor screens in the nave and south aisle (c1530)
History:
6th cent.:   St Engan (Einion), a local prince or chieftain, gives the site to a monastic community
13th cent.:   Construction of the original, medieval church
About 1520:   Reconstruction in the Gothic style
About 1531:   Addition of the south aisle
1534:   Construction of the square west tower
1848:   Restoration by Henry Kennedy completed
1911:   Restoration by Harold Hughes; further restorations during the 20th cent. in 1937-8 and around 1980
Important persons:
Patron:  Engan (also Einion, d c590, Celtic prince on the Lleyn peninsula, hermit)
Sources
British Listed Buildings: Church of St Engan – A Grade I Listed Building in Llanengan, Gwynedd, https://britishlistedbuildings.co.uk/300004304-church-of-st-engan-llanengan#.W_RoECch3OQ, retrieved 20/11/2018
Parish St Engan: Welcome to St. Engan, Llanengan (Informationsblatt)
Schäfer, Joachim: Ökumenisches Heiligenlexikon, Eintrag „9. Februar“, https://www.heiligenlexikon.de/KalenderFebruar/9.htm, retrieved 20/11/2018
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