Saint Baglan
Saint Baglan was a 6th-century hermit who lived at Baglan in Wales.Life
Baglan is said, on doubtful evidence, to have been a Breton prince, the son of Ithel Hael. He studied at Saint Illtud's monastic school at Llanilltud Fawr and later travelled to the Vale of Neath as a missionary. He founded the church at Baglan and lived in a cell adjoining it.
Legend says that he was seen carrying fire in his robe without burning it so Illtud gave him a crozier and instructed him to build a church where he found a tree that bore three fruit. He found a tree that had a litter of pigs, a beehive, and a crow's nest; however, he preferred a spot lower down on the flat. What was built by day was washed away by night. Finally, he gave in and built the church by the tree. The crozier apparently survived until the 17th century.
