Asaph

a Hebrew musician of the tribe of Levi, who was a contemporary of David, and either composed or set to music several Psalms (1 Chron. xvi. 5). Asaph, ST., a town in Flints hire, North Wales, 20 miles from Chester. The name of the place was originally Llan-Elvy, but a British saint, who was abbot of the monastery, and perhaps bishop, in the sixth century, changed its appellation. It has been for about 800 years the seat of a bishopric, and po e es a handsome episcopal palace. The cathedral is a plain structure (1472-1495), and was restored in 1875. Pop. (1901), 6,170.