Saint Eigron was a pre-congregational saint of medieval South Wales.
He was the brother of Saint Gwenafwy whom he travelled to Cornwall with, a brother to Gildas and a son of Caw of Strathclyde.Rev Rice Rees, Welsh Saints or Primitive Christians usually considered to be Founders of Churches in Wales (Longman Rees Orme Brown and Green, 1836) page 230. He was the Patron Saint of Llanigon, WalesThe Place names of Wales page 71 . and founded a Church in Cernyw.S Baring-Gould and John Fisher, The Lives of British Saints (Hon Society of Cymmrodorium 1908) page 418.
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