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Fix this textfrom Rhuddlan, is the cathedral city of St. Asaph. Although
Fix this textit has a population of less than 2000, it has been elevated to the
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Fix this textAt the monastery established there in the 6t-h century nearly a
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Fix this textAsaph, who was renowned for the healing miracles he performed, and
Fix this texthis influence was felt for miles around. His name is also perpetuated
Fix this textm the spring, known as St. Asaph’s Well. He died in 59(5 and for
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Fix this textThe cathedral, illustrated here, is only 182 feet long and 68 feet
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Fix this textand rebuilt many times so that little remains of the Norman church.
Fix this textIt was destroyed in the border wars of 1282, and again in 1402 by
Fix this textOwen ('lendowei, who laid the city and the church in ruins During
Fix this textthe Civil War, Parliamentarian troops used the church as a stable
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Fix this textSt. Asaph is also associated with* Sir Henry Stanley, the explorer
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