Rhwydrys is a 6th-century Irish pre-Congregational saint of Wales.Baring-Gould, Sabine. The Lives of the Saints, Vol. XVI, "The Celtic Church and its Saints", Longmans, Green, & Co. (New York), 1898.Vol. I, p. 75. His feast day is on 1 November.
The medieval Welsh genealogical tract, Bonedd y Saint, lists Rhwydrys as the son of Rodrem, king of Connacht in Ireland.Genealogy of the Saints (Continued) The Cambro-Briton Vol. 3, No. 29 (May, 1822), pp. 394–396 Rhwydrys is believed to have built a chapel in Llanrhwydrys on Anglesey in around 570 AD.Nicholas Carlisle, A topographical dictionary of Wales, a continuation of the topography of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland. (Nicholas Carlisle, 1811)
St Rhwydrys's Church in Llanrhwydrys is dedicated to him. This church was built in the 12th century on or near his former chapel.
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