Caradoc was a Welsh hermit and harpist. He served a local king in southern Wales before becoming a hermit at St. Cendydd Church in Gower

Gower Peninsula

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, later taking up residence on Barry Island

Barry Island

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 at St. Issels. Caradoc was later forced into exile by Henry I's

Henry I of England

Henry I was the fourth son of William I of England. He succeeded his elder brother William II as King of England in 1100 and defeated his eldest brother, Robert Curthose, to become Duke of Normandy in 1106...

invasion of the region, Caradoc went to Haroldston, where he occupied the cell of St. Ismael.