Wikipedia:Today's featured article/requests/St Melangell's Church

St Melangell's Church

 * This is the archived discussion of the TFAR nomination for the article below. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as Wikipedia talk:Today's featured article/requests). Please do not modify this page.

The result was: scheduled for Today's featured article/August 9, 2024  by Gog the Mild (talk) 22:36, 24 June 2024 (UTC)



St Melangell's Church is a Grade I listed medieval building in the former village of Pennant Melangell, in the Tanat Valley, Powys, Wales. Built over a Bronze Age burial ground, the church was founded around the 8th century to commemorate the reputed grave of Melangell, a hermit and abbess who founded a convent and sanctuary in the area. The current church was built in the 12th century and has been renovated several times, including major restoration work in the 19th and 20th centuries. Archaeological excavation in the 20th century uncovered prehistoric and early medieval activity. The church contains the reconstructed shrine to Melangell, considered the oldest surviving Romanesque shrine in northern Europe and which was a major pilgrimage site in medieval Wales. The interior of the church (pictured) holds a 15th-century rood screen depicting Melangell's legend, two 14th-century effigies, paintings, and liturgical fittings.
 * Most recent similar article(s): I don't recall a church as a recent TFA.
 * Main editors: Sawyer777
 * Promoted: June 2024
 * Reasons for nomination: fresh FA, user's first, - I left the blurb suggestion longish, for the author to focus on facts.
 * Support as nominator. Gerda Arendt (talk) 16:39, 14 June 2024 (UTC)
 * support as it's my article :) ... sawyer  * he/they *  talk  17:13, 14 June 2024 (UTC)
 * Support. This is a nice blurb and a largely underrepresented topic. — TechnoSquirrel69 ( sigh ) 17:24, 14 June 2024 (UTC)
 * Support: Addresses medieval Welsh history, something EnWiki has been recently (and rightly) criticized for being lacking in. ~ Pbritti (talk) 22:13, 14 June 2024 (UTC)
 * funny coincidence that this video is about the Kingdom of Powys, as that's where Melangell was granted her sanctuary! i'm finally caving and binging these videos tonight i guess....... ... sawyer  * he/they *  talk  23:10, 14 June 2024 (UTC)
 * Support. Not often do you see this kind of thing at TFA; essentially dittoing TechnoSquirrel's comments here. joeyquism  (talk page ) 23:07, 14 June 2024 (UTC)
 * Support 750h+ 02:41, 15 June 2024 (UTC)
 * Comment: It would be nice to feature this on Saint Melangell's feast day, but there seems to be uncertainty over whether that's 31 January, 27 May or 28 May. Ham II (talk) 21:19, 20 June 2024 (UTC)
 * true, and it would also be a year from now, and awareness for saints' days and the liturgical year is not global ;) - I asked the main contributor about that before nominating. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 21:30, 20 June 2024 (UTC)
 * almost every source lists it as 27 May (& that's actually something i plan on straightening out over at Melangell) - in general i'd prefer it to be displayed on the main page on her feast, but seeing as that's almost a year from now, i don't have a preference. i wouldn't oppose waitlisting it for 27 May 2025, but Melangell herself might be an FA by then and that would be a more suitable article to have for that day i think. ... sawyer  * he/they *  talk  21:56, 20 June 2024 (UTC)