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Afan was the son of Cedig ap Ceredig, son of Cunedda Wledig, king of Gwynedd. Through this line, he was a cousin of David, patron saint of Wales. Afan's mother is variously given as Dwywai, Degfed ("Tenth"),Tegfedd, or Tegwedd, all said to have been daughters of Tegid the Bald, a lord of Penllyn in Meirionnydd who was the husband of the sorceress Ceridwen in Welsh legend.

Afan was the founder of a Llanafan in Ceredigion and two others (Llanafan Fawr and Llanafan Fechan) in Brecknockshire. He is recorded as a bishop, although his diocese remains unknown. He may have been the third bishop of Llanbadarn in Ceredigion, Bishop over Builth with his seat at Llanafan Fawr, or held the title without any purview beyond his own parish. His death was credited to martyrdom at the hand of Irish or Danish pirates on the banks of the River Chwefru. He was claimed as an ancestor of the 10th-century bishop Ieuan who was also martyred by Viking marauders.

The Church of St Afan has been rebuilt several times, the footings of the church-tower being one of the earliest remnants. Most was rebuilt in a Victorian reconstruction in 1886. Inside, carved stones, a pillar stone incised with a Latin cross and the font, all date from the 7th to 9th centuries.

There is a 2,200-year-old yew tree in the churchyard The churchyard claims Saint Afan's relics and is also the burial place of Thomas Huet, who translated the Book of Revelation into Welsh in the 16th century There is also a double gravestone unique in Britain; the left-hand inscription notes that its occupant was murdered and also bears the name of his murderer: John Price Who Was Murdered On The Darren Hill In This Parish By R Lewis 21 April 1826