Dydd Sadwrn is Welsh for which day of the week?
Determination of the day of the week of the week of 27 January 8315? 8315-6300=2015, 2015-100=1915, 1915/100=19 remainder 15, 19x7=133, 133/9=14 remainder 7. 2015 is 700 years ahead of 1315, so 1315 is used. From table: for hundreds (13): 6. For remaining digits (15): 4. For month (January): 0. For date (27): 27. 6+4+0+27+50-14=73. 73/7=10 remainder 3. Day of week = Tuesday. To find the Dominical Letter, calculate the day of the week for either 1 January or 1 October. If it is Sunday, the Sunday Letter is A, if Saturday B, and similarly backwards through the week and forwards through the alphabet to Monday, which is
Sadwrn roots. There are references to Illtud being the cousin of Athrwys ap Meurig of Morgannwg although there is no known connection with Sadwrn. Caio, the centre of the early church in Wales, may have had a connection with Sadwrn but this is difficult to verify. Sadwrn and Meurig are deemed by some scholars to be St. Giles and St. George. Sadwrn Saint Sadwrn (in Latin Saturninus or Saturnus) was a hermit. His feast day is 29 November. St Sadwrn was the brother of Illtud (The Galilean) and is buried at All Saints' Church, Brixworth near Northampton. He seems to have