St Dwynwen's Day

Wish You A very Happy St Dwynwen's Day!!!

St Dwynwen’s Day is celebrated in Wales on 25 January.

St Dwynwen is the Welsh patron saint of lovers, which makes her the Welsh equivalent of St Valentine.

Dwynwen lived during the 5th century and legend has it that she was one of the prettiest of Brychan Brycheiniog’s 24 daughters. Dwynwen fell in love with a prince called Maelon Dafodrill, but unfortunately her father had already arranged that she should marry someone else.

Dwynwen was so upset that she could not marry Maelon that she begged God to make her forget him. After falling asleep, Dwynwen was visited by an angel, who appeared carrying a sweet potion designed to erase all memory of Maelon and turn him into a block of ice.

God then gave three wishes to Dwynwen. Her first wish was that Maelon be thawed; her second that God meet the hopes and dreams of true lovers; and third, that she should never marry. All three were fulfilled, and as a mark of her thanks, Dwynwen devoted herself to God’s service for the rest of her life.

She founded a convent on Llanddwyn, off the west coast of Anglesey, where a well named after her became a place of pilgrimage after her death in 465AD. Visitors to the well believed that the sacred fish or eels that lived in the well could foretell whether or not their relationship would be happy and whether love and happiness would be theirs. Remains of Dwynwen’s church can still be seen today.

Afrikaans: St Dwynwen's Day

Arabic: عيد القديس دوينوين

Azerbaijani: St Dwynwen Günü

Belarusian: Дзень Святога Dwynwen ў

Bulgarian: Ден на Св. Дунян

Bengali: সেন্ট ডিউইনওয়েইন ডে

Bosnian: St Dwynwen's Day

Catalan: Dia de Sant Dwynwen

Cebuano: St Dwynwen's Day

Czech: Den sv. Dwynwen

Welsh: Diwrnod Santes Dwynwen

Danish: St Dwynwen's Day

German: St. Dwynwens Tag

Greek: Ημέρα του Αγίου Δούυνου

English: St Dwynwen’s Day

Esperanto: St Dwynwen’s Day

Spanish: Día de St Dwynwen

Estonian: St Dwynweni päev

Basque: San Dwynwen eguna

Persian: روز سنت دوینوئن

Finnish: St Dwynwenin päivä

French: St Dwynwen’s Day

Irish: Lá Naomh Dwynwen

Galician: Día de San Dwynwen

Gujarati: સેન્ટ ડ્વિનવેનના દિવસ

Hausa: Ranar St Dwynwen

Hindi: सेंट डिविन्वेन डे

Hmong: St Dwynwen’s Day

Croatian: Sv. Dwynwenov dan

Haitian Creole: Jou Dwynwen St

Hungarian: Szent Dwynwen napja

Armenian: Սբ Դվինվենի օրը

Indonesian: Hari St Dwynwen

Igbo: Ụbọchị St Dwynwen

Icelandic: Dagur St Dwynwen

Italian: Il giorno di St Dwynwen

Hebrew: יום סנט דווינווין

Japanese: セントDwynwenの日

Javanese: St Dwynwen's Day

Georgian: St Dwynwen დღე

Kazakh: Сент-Двайнвейн күні

Khmer: ទិវា St Dwynwen

Kannada: ಸೇಂಟ್ ಡ್ವಿನ್ವೆನ್ಸ್ ದಿನ

Korean: 세인트 Dwynwen의 날

Latin: St Dwynwen’s Day

Lao: ວັນທີ St Dwynwen

Lithuanian: St Dwynwen diena

Latvian: St Dwynwen diena

Malagasy: Ny Andron'i Dwynwen

Maori: St Dwynwen's Day

Macedonian: Ден на Св. Двинвен

Malayalam: സെന്റ് ഡൈവൻവെൻസ് ഡേ

Mongolian: St Dwynwen-ийн өдөр

Marathi: सेंट ड्वाइनवेन डे

Malay: Hari St Dwynwen

Maltese: Il-Jum ta 'San Dwynwen

Myanmar (Burmese): စိန့် Dwynwen ရဲ့နေ့

Nepali: St Dwynwen's Day

Dutch: St Dwynwen's Day

Norwegian: St Dwynwen's Day

Chichewa: Tsiku la St Dwynwen

Punjabi: ਸੈਂਟ ਡਵਿਨਵਿਨ ਡੇ

Polish: Dzień Świętego Dwynwena

Portuguese: Dia de São Dwynwen

Romanian: Ziua Sfântului Dwynwen

Russian: День Святого Двиннева

Sinhala: සාන්ත ඩිවින්වන්ගේ දිනය

Slovak: Deň sv. Dwynwena

Slovenian: St Dwynwen's Day

Somali: Maalinta St Dwynwen

Albanian: Dita e Shën Dwynwenit

Serbian: Ст Двинвен'с Даи

Sesotho: Letsatsi la St Dwynwen

Sundanese: Poé St Dwynwen urang

Swedish: St Dwynwen's Day

Swahili: Siku ya St Dwynwen

Tamil: செயின்ட் டிவின்வன் தினம்

Telugu: సెయింట్ ద్విన్వెన్స్ డే

Tajik: Рӯзи Санкт Двинwen

Thai: วันเซนต์ Dwynwen

Filipino: St Dwynwen's Day

Turkish: St Dwynwen Günü

Ukrainian: День святого Двінена

Urdu: سٹی ڈیوونن ڈے

Uzbek: St Dwynwen kuni

Vietnamese: Ngày của St Dwynwen

Yiddish: סט. דווינווען ס טאָג

Yoruba: Ojo St Dwynwen

Chinese (Traditional): 聖Dwynwen的一天

Zulu: Usuku lukaStan Dwynwen