Rooted in its community, St Foddhyd’s church is a glorious mix of the traditional and modern expressions of worship.
There is thought to have been a church here since the 6th century and parts of the present building date from the 13th century. Among the church’s many special features are a 17th-century wooden candelabra with beast-head decoration, an oak rood screen dating from 1538 incorporating carvings of trailing foliage and “candle flame” motifs, a large east window containing fragments of original stained glass, and a massive dug-out chest hewn from a single tree trunk.
Wedi’i gwreiddio yn ei chymuned, mae eglwys Sant Foddhyd yn gymysgedd gogoneddus o’r ymadroddion addoli traddodiadol a modern.
Credir bod eglwys yma ers y 6ed ganrif ac mae rhannau o’r adeilad presennol yn dyddio o’r 13eg ganrif. Ymhlith nifer o nodweddion arbennig yr eglwys mae candelabra pren o’r 17eg ganrif gydag addurn pen bwystfil, sgrin grog derw yn dyddio o 1538 yn ymgorffori cerfiadau o ddeiliad llusgo a motiffau “fflam gannwyll”, ffenestr fawr ddwyreiniol sy’n cynnwys darnau o wydr lliw gwreiddiol, a cist anferth wedi’i chloddio allan o foncyff coeden sengl.
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