 AN abbot, who became one of the most venerated saints in North Wales, is to be the focus of a pilgrimage - the first in 600 years. St Cybi set up a church at Holyhead 1,500 hundred years ago inside the town's Roman fort, built about 200 years earlier. Organisations set up to breath new life into the Anglesey port by highlighting its history, art and culture, are planning a Holy Island day of pilgrimage on Saturday, October 9. Jan Pendragon is hoping the pilgrimage will become an annual event. "It will be very special because the last recorded pilgrimage was in 1405," said Jan. "We have written to churches in Wrexham, St Asaph and Bangor and are hoping up to 200 people will turn out. Services will be held simultaneously at St Cybi's and at the town's St Margaret's Catholic Church. "Before the service at St Cybi's, local historians will be on hand to give pilgrims a guided tour of the church." Both congregations will process behind a cross for an outdoor service at the Jerusalem garden at the Ucheldre arts centre, once a convent, where there is a life size bronze statue of Christ as the Good Shepherd. Tickets at £6 are available from Jan on 01407 762321 or David Lloyd Williams on 01407 763822. St Cybi, who visited Jerusalem and returned with four disciples, was also called Cuby and Kabius. He was born in Cornwall and was a cousin of St David. Cybi went to Monmouthshire and then to Avanmore, in Ireland, to study under St Anda. On his return he founded a monastery called Caer Cybi. | 
