 Saint Fagan was supposed to have been a 2nd-century apostle among the Welsh and is also commemorated at St. Fagan's in Cardiff.The present name doesn't refer to a saint, but instead is simply Welsh for the "Church" or "Monastery in the Meadow".Although both towns are pronounced "Llanfaes" in Welsh, the British government distinguishes an identically-named settlement in Glamorgan by spelling it Llanmaes.