Back ديوي Arabic ديوى ARZ Divi Breton David de Gal·les Catalan Svatý David Czech Dewi Sant Welsh David von Menevia German Δαβίδ Ουαλίας Greek Sankta Davido Esperanto David de Gales Spanish
Saint David | |
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| Bishop of Mynyw | |
| Born | Unknown, estimated at c. 500 Unknown, c. Caerfai, Dyfed or somewhere in Ceredigion. |
| Died | 1 March 589 Mynyw, Dyfed |
| Venerated in | Roman Catholic Church Eastern Orthodox Church Anglican Communion |
| Canonized | 1123, Rome, Holy Roman Empire (officially recognised) by Pope Callixtus II |
| Major shrine | St David's Cathedral, Pembrokeshire, Wales shrine largely extant, controversial bones in casket |
| Feast | 1 March |
| Attributes | Bishop with a dove, usually on his shoulder, sometimes standing on a raised hillock |
| Patronage | Wales; Pembrokeshire; Naas; vegetarians; poets |
| Controversy | The earliest of the supposed bones of Saint David and Saint Justinian housed in a casket in the Holy Trinity Chapel of St David's Cathedral have been carbon-dated to the 12th century. |
David (Welsh: Dewi Sant; Latin: Davidus; c. 500 – c. 589) was a Welsh Christian prelate who served as Bishop of Mynyw during the 6th century. He is the patron saint of Wales.
David was a native of Wales, and tradition has preserved a relatively large amount of detail about his life. His birth date, however, is uncertain: suggestions range from 462 to 512.[1] He is traditionally believed to be the son of Non and the grandson of Ceredig ap Cunedda, king of Ceredigion.[2] The Welsh annals placed his death 569 years after the birth of Christ,[3] but Phillimore's dating revised this to 601.[4]
- ^ Toke, Leslie (1908). . In Herbermann, Charles (ed.). Catholic Encyclopedia. New York: Robert Appleton Company.
- ^ "The early life of David". BBC. Archived from the original on 10 January 2008.
- ^ B text. Public Record Office, MS. E.164/1, p. 8. (in Latin)
- ^ Phillimore, Egerton (ed.), 1888 "The Annales Cambriae and Old Welsh Genealogies from Harleian MS. 3859", Y Cymmrodor; 9 (1888) pp. 141–183.