Saint David
Saint David | |
|---|---|
| Abbot and Bishop | |
| Born | Unknown, estimated at c. 500 Unknown, c. Caerfai, Dyfed, or somewhere in Ceredigion |
| Died | 1 March 589 Mynyw, Dyfed |
| Venerated in | Catholic Church Eastern Orthodox Church Anglican Communion |
| Canonized | 1123, Rome, Papal States, by Pope Callixtus II (officially recognised) |
| Major shrine | St David's Cathedral, Pembrokeshire, Wales, United Kingdom |
| 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. He is traditionally believed to be the son of Non and the grandson of Ceredig ap Cunedda, king of Ceredigion. The Welsh annals placed his death 569 years after the birth of Christ, but Phillimore's dating revised this to 601.