Saint David

Saint

David
Stained glass depiction of Saint David, designed by William Burges, at Castell Coch, Cardiff
Bishop of Mynyw
BornUnknown, estimated at c. 500
Unknown, c. Caerfai, Dyfed or somewhere in Ceredigion.
Died1 March 589
Mynyw, Dyfed
Venerated inRoman Catholic Church
Eastern Orthodox Church
Anglican Communion
Canonized1123, Rome, Holy Roman Empire (officially recognised) by Pope Callixtus II
Major shrineSt David's Cathedral, Pembrokeshire, Wales
shrine largely extant,
controversial bones in casket
Feast1 March
AttributesBishop with a dove,
usually on his shoulder, sometimes standing
on a raised hillock
PatronageWales; Pembrokeshire; Naas; vegetarians; poets
ControversyThe 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]

  1. ^ Toke, Leslie (1908). "St. David" . In Herbermann, Charles (ed.). Catholic Encyclopedia. New York: Robert Appleton Company.
  2. ^ "The early life of David". BBC. Archived from the original on 10 January 2008.
  3. ^ B text. Public Record Office, MS. E.164/1, p. 8. (in Latin)
  4. ^ Phillimore, Egerton (ed.), 1888 "The Annales Cambriae and Old Welsh Genealogies from Harleian MS. 3859", Y Cymmrodor; 9 (1888) pp. 141–183.

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