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- Non (also Nonna or Nonnita) was, according to Christian tradition, the mother of Saint David, the patron saint of Wales.
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Said to be the 6th-century birthplace of the patron saint of Wales, St David, it is named after his mother, and remains a place of pilgrimage to this day. The small, rectangular chapel may be plain and simple, but its setting overlooking rocky St Non’s Bay is breathtaking.
- The Life of St Non
- Women in Sixth-Century Wales
- Traces of St Non in The Pembrokeshire Landscape
- St Non in The Wider World
- The Role of Legends
- St Non’s Story Today
- Saints as Life Examples
There are several versions of St Non’s life. The Life of St David, written by the monk Rhygyfarch in 1080, focuses mostly on her life as a nun and giving birth to David. This Life was written five hundred years after David’s death, with Rhygyfarch drawing on old manuscripts in the cathedral library and oral traditions. There are references elsewher...
St Non is described variously as the daughter of a chieftain or a king, a nun, and a chaste woman. It is likely that women played a prominent role in early Welsh society, with some legal rights and a degree of independence in managing their lives. However, marriage still made aristocratic women like Non an important political tool, as land and powe...
Near the coastal path is the ruined medieval chapel of St Non. This is where Non is said to have given birth to St David. During her labour pains, she gripped a stone so hard that her fingerprints were left on it and it split in two. St Non’s well, which is said to have miraculously sprung up as David was born, is nearby. This continued to be a pla...
St Non is a saint celebrated in other parts of the Celtic world. It is said her tomb lies in the 16th century church of St Nonne and St Divy (St David) in Dirinon, Brittany, and she has a church and holy well dedicated to her in Altarnon, Cornwall. These connections show the strong cultural and language links this part of Wales had with the rest of...
When St Non was giving birth alone, it is said that a great storm was raging on the peninsula, she was bathed in a golden light and complete calm. This imagery echoes a legend around the birth of Jesus where a frightened young Virgin Mary gave birth in a stable bathed in golden light from the Star of Bethlehem. Such comparisons were designed to mak...
The heart of St Non’s story is a difficult one. It tells of a young woman being attacked by a powerful man who may have seen it as his right to have her. Her resulting pregnancy may have caused her to be shunned by her community or made her feel she had to hide away. But she survived; her story is also one of faith enabling her to overcome this ter...
We may think of a ‘saint’ as being someone who is perfect, but many saints’ lives tell a different story. They tell of people following God, but often failing or having things happen to them which are cruel or unjust. What marks them out is that they hold to their faith and find that God is with them, no matter what. That does not mean God will ‘fi...
St Non's Chapel. The Chapel of St Non is located on the coast near St David's in Pembrokeshire, West Wales. Held by tradition to mark the birthplace of St David, the ruin cannot be accurately dated but is unusual in that it is aligned north–south rather than the usual east–west.
Non (also Nonna or Nonnita) was, according to Christian tradition, the mother of Saint David, the patron saint of Wales . Legend. The Life of St David was written around 1095 by Rhigyfarch, and is our main source of knowledge for the lives of both St David (died c. 589) and his mother.
Sep 14, 2018 · Two chapels, a holy well, and the alleged birthplace of the patron saint of Wales can all be found in this spiritual and scenic spot along the rugged Pembrokeshire coast. The ruins of the...
Historic monument walk: St Non’s Chapel and St Davids. This imposing 4.5 mile route from St Davids Cathedral to the sheltered harbour of Porthclais via St Non’s Well and Chapel concentrates some of the best historic monuments of the area.
Above: the ruins of St Non's Chapel - below: St Non's Well. This must be one of the most idyllically situated monuments in Pembrokeshire, overlooking, as it does, the rocky coastline above St. Non's Bay. A visit to the chapel ruins can be extended to a longer walk on to and along the coastal footpath west as far as the Merryvale road, which ...
