▁greater ▁a uster ity ▁than ▁his ▁school ▁provided , ▁and ▁so ▁moved ▁to ▁L lant w it ' s ▁daughter ▁house , ▁the ▁island ▁monaster y ▁of ▁Cal de y ▁off ▁the ▁coast ▁of ▁Dy f ed ▁( P embro kes hire ), ▁Wales , ▁where ▁he ▁became ▁ab bot ▁after ▁the ▁death ▁of ▁P yr . ▁Sam son ▁ab st ained ▁from ▁alco hol ▁– ▁unlike ▁P yr , ▁who ▁was ▁killed ▁when ▁he ▁fell ▁down ▁a ▁well ▁while ▁dr unk . ▁As ▁a ▁c en ob it ic ▁and ▁later ▁an ▁er emit ic ▁mon k , ▁he ▁travel led ▁from ▁Cal de y ▁to ▁Ireland , ▁where ▁he ▁is ▁said ▁to ▁have ▁founded ▁or ▁rev ived ▁a ▁monaster y . ▁ ▁There ▁is ▁one ▁fairly ▁certain ▁date ▁recorded ▁of ▁Sam son ' s ▁life ; ▁that ▁he ▁was ▁ord ained ▁bishop ▁by ▁Bishop ▁Dub r ici us ▁on ▁the ▁Fe ast ▁of ▁the ▁Chair ▁of ▁Saint ▁Peter ▁( 2 2 ▁February ) ▁at ▁the ▁beginning ▁of ▁L ent , ▁which ▁can ▁be ▁calculated ▁to ▁have ▁fallen ▁in ▁the ▁year ▁ 5 2 1 . ▁If , ▁as ▁is ▁usual , ▁he ▁was ▁ 3 5 ▁years ▁old ▁at ▁the ▁time ▁then ▁he ▁would ▁have ▁been ▁born ▁in ▁ 4 8 6 . ▁ ▁I olo ▁Morgan w g ▁was ▁responsible ▁for ▁the ▁re - dis cover y ▁of ▁the ▁Sam son ▁P ill ar ▁at ▁St ▁Ill t ud ' s ▁Church , ▁L lant w it , ▁in ▁about