[346] This name has been variously written; Bede spells it Caedualla (Cadwalla); Nennius, Catgublaun; the Saxon Chronicle, Ceadwalla; and the Welsh writers, Cadwallon and Katwallawn: and though the identity of the person may be clearly proved, it is necessary to observe these particulars to distinguish him from Cadwaladr, and from another Caedualla or Cædwalla, a king of the West Saxons; all of whom, as they lived within a short time of each other, have been frequently confounded together.—Rees's Welsh Saints.
[347] Gwynedd, North Wales.
[348] Bede says at Denis's-brook. Eccles Hist. p. 109.
[349] The British chronicles assert that Cadwallader died at Rome, whilst Nennius would lead us to conclude that he perished in the pestilence at home. See Geoffrey, p. 288.
[350] The isle of Farne.
[351] Maserfield. See Bede's Eccles. Hist. p. 123.
[352] In Carmarthenshire. Perhaps the town now called Kidwelly.