ST.DAVID OF WALES

Saint David (Welsh: Dewi Sant; c. 500 – c. 589) was a Welsh bishop of Menevia during the 6th century; he was later regarded as a saint

FACTS

• He was ordained a priest and later studied under St. Paulinus.
• The monastery he founded at Menevia in Southwestern Wales was for extreme asceticism
• David attended a synod at Brevi in Cardiganshire
• According to tradition, St. David was the son of King Sant of South Wales and St. Non.

ST. DAVID, son of Sant, Prince of Cardigan and of Non, was born in that country in the 5th century, and from his earliest years gave himself wholly to the service of God.

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Many of the traditional tales about David are found in the Buchedd Dewi, a hagiography written by Rhygyfarch in the late eleventh century.

St David's Cathedral stands on the site of monastery he founded in the Glyn Rhosyn valley of Pembrokeshire.

St. David, Dewi Sant, is the patron saint of the Welsh, and March 1, his feast day, is celebrated as a patriotic and cultural festival by the Welsh in Wales and around the world. Dewi Sant was a Celtic monk of the sixth century. His mother was Non.

One legend says Saint David's birth was foretold to Saint Patrick (about 373-464) by an angel 30 years in advance.

Undoubtedly, St. David was endowed with substantial qualities of spiritual leadership. They're more, many monasteries flourished as a result of his leadership and good example.

He became renowned as a teacher and preacher, founding monastic settlements and churches in Wales, Dumnonia, and Brittany.

March 1, 589 AD is when he died

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