Anian (bishop of Bangor)

Anian (died before 12 January 1307) was a Catholic priest, and Bishop of Bangor.

He was the first Archdeacon of Anglesey before having been elected bishop before 12 December 1267, consecrated at Canterbury, and received possession of the temporalities 5 January 1268.^[1] By the time that Anian was elected bishop, Llywelyn ap Gruffudd, the Prince of Wales, entered into agreements regarding territorial disputes over the rights of the sees of St Asaph and Bangor and relied on the bishops as peacekeeping intermediaries with King Edward I of England,^[2] but soon asserted control over the church's property and land.^[3]^[4]

Anian negotiated agreements with Llywelyn and his brothers, first in 1269 with David at Berriw and then in April 1272 with Rhodri.^[5] Anian and the Bishop of St Asaph notified Llywelyn that they disagreed with his treatment of his brother, David, in 1274. The pope, having been contacted by the bishops, issued a condemnation of Llywelyn. Anian created a list of complaints in 1276 against the prince, who was also in dispute with King Edward I.^[6]^{[better source needed]}

Having sided with the king, he lived at the St. Albans Abbey in England for ten years beginning in 1277, during a period of unrest in Wales.^[5] On St. Mark's Day in 1284, he christened the first English Prince of Wales, Edward II at St. Mary’s Chapel.^[7] He traveled with Edward I after Llywelyn's death back to his diocese. He received a share of the tithes of royal dues in Englefield and legal rights in the lands of the bishopric for having helped with the settlement of North Wales. Gruffydd ap Iorwerth, who succeeded him, was consecrated on 26 March 1307.^[5]

References

^ "Bangor: Bishops". British History Online. Retrieved 5 August 2017.
^ Smith 2014, p. 114, 119–120, 322–323.
^ Smith 2014, p. 111, 323.
^ Roger K Turvey (6 June 2014). The Welsh Princes: The Native Rulers of Wales 1063-1283. Routledge. p. 180. ISBN 978-1-317-88397-5.
^ ^a ^b ^c "ANIAN (died 1306?), bishop of Bangor". Dictionary of Welsh Biography. National Library of Wales. Retrieved 12 January 2016.
^ Kari Maund (24 October 2011). Welsh Kings: Warriors, Warlords, and Princes. History Press. p. 169. ISBN 978-0-7524-7392-5.
^ W. Worthington Poole Hughes (1911). Bangor. Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge. p. 44.

Sources

J. Beverley Smith (15 January 2014). Llywelyn ap Gruffudd: Prince of Wales. University of Wales Press. ISBN 978-1-78316-007-5.

[BHO-1] "Bangor: Bishops". British History Online. Retrieved 5 August 2017.

[FOOTNOTESmith2014114,_119–120,_322–323-2] Smith 2014, p. 114, 119–120, 322–323.

[FOOTNOTESmith2014111,_323-3] Smith 2014, p. 111, 323.

[4] Roger K Turvey (6 June 2014). The Welsh Princes: The Native Rulers of Wales 1063-1283. Routledge. p. 180. ISBN 978-1-317-88397-5.

[DWB-5] "ANIAN (died 1306?), bishop of Bangor". Dictionary of Welsh Biography. National Library of Wales. Retrieved 12 January 2016.

[6] Kari Maund (24 October 2011). Welsh Kings: Warriors, Warlords, and Princes. History Press. p. 169. ISBN 978-0-7524-7392-5.

[7] W. Worthington Poole Hughes (1911). Bangor. Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge. p. 44.

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v t e Archdeacons of Anglesey
Ancient	Anian Madog ap Cynfrig Einion Sais Madog ap Meurig Madog Hedwich Hywel ap Goronwy Thomas Harborough John ap Rhys Walter de Swaffham Evan ap Bleddyn Thomas Hywel John Wolde Andrew Holes William Saundir William Moggys Richard Bulkeley William Glynne John Salisbury Georgius Griffith William Glyn Griffith Robert Owen Owen Henry Rowlands
Modern	Andy Herrick

v t e Bishops of Bangor
Early & High Medieval	Deiniol Elfodd Mordaf Dyfan Revedun Hervey le Breton David the Scot Meurig Arthur of Bardsey Gwion Rotoland Alan Robert of Shrewsbury Cadwgan of Llandyfai Hywel ap Ednyfed Richard Anian
Late Medieval	Gruffydd ap Iorwerth Einion Sais Matthew de Englefeld Ithel ap Robert Thomas de Ringstead Alexander Dalby Gervase de Castro Hywel ab Goronwy John Gilbert Geoffrey Herdeby John Swaffham Lewis Aber Richard Young Lewis Byford Gruffydd Young Benedict Nichols William Barrow John Clederowe Thomas Cheriton John Stanberry James Blakedon Richard Edenham Henry Deane Thomas Pigot John Penny Thomas Skevington John Capon John Bird
Early modern	Arthur Bulkeley William Glyn Maurice Clenock Rowland Meyrick Nicholas Robinson Hugh Bellot Richard Vaughan Henry Rowlands Lewis Bayly David Dolben Edmund Griffith William Roberts Episcopacy abolished (Commonwealth) William Roberts Robert Price Robert Morgan Humphrey Lloyd Humphrey Humphreys John Evans Benjamin Hoadly Richard Reynolds William Baker Thomas Sherlock Charles Cecil Thomas Herring Matthew Hutton Zachary Pearce John Egerton John Ewer John Moore John Warren William Cleaver John Randolph Henry Majendie Christopher Bethell James Colquhoun Campbell Daniel Lewis Lloyd Watkin Williams
Church in Wales	Watkin Williams Daniel Davies Charles Green (Archbishop of Wales) David Edwardes Davies John Jones Gwilym Williams (Archbishop of Wales) Cledan Mears Barry Morgan Saunders Davies Anthony Crockett Andy John (Archbishop of Wales)