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Founded in 500 AD by the Welsh monk Illtud, the Church of Llantwit Major (Llanilltud Fawr) is believed to be Britain’s earliest centre of learning. St Illtud established a monastic school of over one thousand pupils, including, it is said, St David of Wales and St Patrick of Ireland.
At the western end of St Illtud’s Church stands the Galilee Chapel. Originally a two-storey building, built in the 13th century, it is now a roofless ruin. The Galilee Chapel Project aims to raise funding to develop the Chapel and bring it back into use as a centre for education in Celtic Christian studies. At the heart of the project is the provision for an appropriate exhibition space for one of the most important collections of Celtic Christian stones in the UK.
If successful, we hope the project will benefit not only the local community and schools, but academics, tourists and pilgrims from around the world.
