Editing Caerleon (section)

===Welsh mythology===
Caerleon features frequently in various works connected with [[Welsh mythology]] and [[Medieval Welsh literature]].

In book three of his ''[[The History of the Kings of Britain|Historia Regum Britanniæ]]'', [[Geoffrey of Monmouth]] gives the founder of the city as [[Belinus]], the mythical [[King of the Britons]]. According to Geoffrey, Belinus repaired and founded many cities during a period of great wealth; he named this city "''Caerosc''" (The [[Caer]] on the [[River Usk|Usk]]), and it became the most important of all the new cities he founded. Geoffrey also states that Belinus' son and heir, [[Gurguit Barbtruc]] was buried in Caerleon, which he fortified with walls and ornamented with new buildings.<ref>{{cite journal |author1=The Journal of the Cambrian Archoeological Association |title=SOME ACCOUNT OF THE HISTORY AND DESCENT OF THE LORDSHIP MARCHER OR COUNTY OF WENTLLWCH AS IT WAS CALLED IN EARLY TIMES AND WHICH IS IN THE PRESENT DAY DESIGNATED AS THE MODERN HUNDRED OF WENTLLWCH OR WENTLOOG |journal=The Journal of the Cambrian Archoeological Association |date=1885 |page=292 |url=https://www.google.co.uk/books/edition/Archaeologia_Cambrensis/ofpJAAAAYAAJ?hl=en&gbpv=1&dq=%22belinus%22+%22city+of+legions%22&pg=PA292&printsec=frontcover |access-date=23 January 2025 |quote=Long before the Roman came ere the universal conqueror set foot upon the soil of Britain Caerwysk for that was its old British name was a place of some importance and was said to have been built by Belinus.}}</ref>

Caerleon is also associated the legends around [[Dubricius]] and [[Saint David]], and was commonly believed to be one of the earliest [[Metropolitan See]]s in the Province of Britannia. In the ''[[Prophetiae Merlini]]'', Geoffrey stated that "[[St David]]'s shall put on the [[pallium|pall]] of the City of Legions"; and most accounts state that Dubricius gave the see of Caerleon to St David voluntarily. David then translated the bishopric to ''[[St Davids|Mynyw]]'' (known today as St David's). Indeed in describing St David's death, Geoffrey describes him as "The pious archbishop of Legions, at the city of Menevia (Mynyw)."<ref>{{cite CE1913|wstitle= St. David |volume= 4 |last= Toke |first= Leslie Alexander St. Lawrence |author-link= |short=1}}</ref>