¹ At a certain time there was a man named Ceredig, who was a king and had many sons, one of whom was called Carannog, son of Ceredig, son of Cunedda, son of Edeyrn, son of Padarn Peis Rudawg, son of Tegid, son of Cain, son of Gwrgain, son of Doli, son of Gwrdoli, son of Dwfn, son of Gwrddofn, son of Amguoloid, son of Enwerydd, son of Onwedd, son of Dwfn, son of Brithgwein, son of Owain, son of Avallach, son of Canalech, son of Beli; and his mother was Anna, whom they say was a cousin of the Virgin Mary.

² Cunedda had several sons. The firstborn was Tybiawn, who was slain in that country by the hand of the Gododdin, and did not come to this land with Cunedda and his brothers. But his brother Meiriawn divided their father’s possessions among his brethren. The second was Ishmael, the third Rhuvawn, the fourth Dunawd, the fifth Ceredig, the sixth Abalach, the seventh Einion, the eighth Dogmael, and the ninth Edeyrn. Their boundary was from the river called Dobyr Duis as far as another river called Guoun, and they held many territories in western Britain. Ceredig held Ceredigion, and from him it took its name.

³ After he had ruled it, the Scots came and fought against them and seized the whole land. Ceredig was an old man, and the elders said to him, “You are aged, lord, and cannot fight; we ought to appoint one of your sons to be king.” They said, “Who is the eldest?” and answered, “Carannog.” “He ought to be king.” But Carannog loved a heavenly king more than an earthly kingdom, and the will of his master more than human favour. When he heard this, he fled so that they might not find him.

⁴ He then took a better staff and a spade from a certain poor man, and came to a place called Guerit Carannog, and remained there for some time, praying to God. While he was there, whenever he set himself to work, a pigeon came each day and took away what he had pared from his staff. He said, “Lord, to what place does it take this?” and resolved in his heart, “I will go and see where it carries it.” He rose and went through wood and forest, and the pigeon came and settled in a place where there is now a church, and there it dropped what it had carried. Seeing this, he said, “Here I ought to be, for God so wills it,” and he remained there for some time, offering devout thanks to God.