Where the Saints Came From : On Pilgrimage in Wales and Beyond

Anne Hayward’s third book recounting her long-distance pilgrimage walks, looking at the history of 40+ sites she has visited in Wales or in places with a strong connection to it. It tells the remarkable story of religious faith in Wales from the later Roman period and the Age of the Saints to today.

Anne Hayward read History at Oxford University and went on to become a secondary school Religious Education teacher. She is now a Lay Reader in the Diocese of Brecon and Swansea, is actively involved in leadership in her local church, and has written articles for various local magazines and newspapers. She is the author of ‘A Pilgrimage Around Wales’ (Y Lolfa, 2018) and ‘A Celtic Pilgrimage’ (Y Lolfa, 2020). She lives in Abergavenny.