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Death The Shrine of Saint David prior to its reconstruction in the early twenty-first century. Though the exact date of his death is not certain, tradition holds that it was on 1 March, which is the date now marked as Saint David's Day. The two most common years given for his death are 601 and 589.
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Died: c. 600, Menevia. St. David (born c. 520, near St. Bride’s Bay, Pembrokeshire, Wales—died c. 600, Menevia; feast day March 1) was a 6th-century bishop who is revered as the patron saint of Wales. Saint David's Cathedral. St. David's Cathedral, Pembrokeshire, Wales. Little is known of his life. According to the hagiography written by ...
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Though the exact year of his death is not known, 1 March is the traditionally accepted date, and is celebrated as St David’s Day. It’s said that his last instruction to his disciples was to 'do the little things', a phrase that remains well-known in Wales.
Saint David's Day (Welsh: Dydd Gŵyl Dewi Sant or Dydd Gŵyl Dewi [ˈdɨːð ˌɡuːɨ̯l ˌdɛu̯.i ˈsant, ˈdiːð ̩ɡʊi̯l ˌdɛu̯.i]), or the Feast of Saint David, is the feast day of Saint David, the patron saint of Wales, and falls on 1 March, the date of Saint David's death in 589 AD.
- Dydd Gŵyl Dewi Sant
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- His birthday is a mystery. An angel foretold his birth to St Patrick, 30 years before it happened - although the exact date is believed to be some time between 462 and 515 AD.
- He was born in a storm. Whenever it was, legend says his mother Non gave birth on a cliff-top in Pembrokeshire - during a fierce storm. At that exact moment, a bolt of lightning from heaven is said to have struck the rock, splitting it in two.
- He had royal heritage. His family was aristocratic. The official biography claims his father was Sant, the Prince of Powys, and his grandfather King Ceredig founded Ceredigion.
- He's not David. That was the name he was baptised with. But Non named her son Dewidd, or Dewi to the locals. Cadw. Welsh artist and Britain's Got Talent finalist, Nathan Wyburn, created this portrait using 1,000 daffodils.
St David’s Day is commemorated each year on the anniversary of David’s death, 1 March, throughout Wales and also by Welsh diaspora communities in cities across the world, from Tokyo to New York.
David founded a monastery where St Davids stands today. He died in 589 AD and was buried in the grounds of his own monastery. He has been the patron saint of Wales since the 12th century.
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