St Tysilio and St Mary's Church

About

The Church of St Tysilio and St Mary is an active parish church in the village of Meifod, Powys, Wales. The village lies seven miles (11 km) north-west of Welshpool. The site has been a centre of Welsh Christianity since c.

500 and the present, unusually large, churchyard forms part of what was an early clas settlement. The origins of the present church are of the 12th century. The dedications are to Saints Tysilio and Mary.

Tysilio was a 6th-/7th-century Welsh nobleman and Bishop of St Asaph who reputedly founded an early church, Eglwys Tysilio, at Meifod. The church is a Grade I listed building. The Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Wales has described St Tysilio and St Mary's as "a display of Welsh Christianity through the centuries".