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Also known as David, David of Wales, Dewi, St David, St. David

patron saint of Wales

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Saint David, known in Welsh as Dewi Sant, was a male Catholic priest and bishop from the Kingdom of Dyfed. Born in Pembrokeshire in 512, he was the son of Non and a student of Illtud. He served within the Catholic Church and is recognized as a saint with a domain of Wales. His feast day is observed on March 1.

David died in 589 at St Davids. He is described in sources including The Nuttall Encyclopædia, Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition, and The Catholic Encyclopedia. While other entities share the name Saint David, such as a press with one work titled *My Kid's Prayer* or a musical artist, the historical figure is distinct from these modern references.

Synthesized by Vinony from 34 facts across 6 sources: Wikidata, Open Library, MusicBrainz, Crossref, Last.fm, Vinony graph. Generated from structured data (not the Wikipedia text) and checked against those facts — may still contain errors.

Person · Open Library

Works
1

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  • My Kid's Prayer

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Music · MusicBrainz

Type
Person
Gender
Male
Origin
England
Active from
1947-01-08
Active to
2016-01-10
actorsalternative rockarrangersart popart rockbritish

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Listeners · Last.fm

Listeners
72
Total plays
384

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Key facts

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.

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Encyclopedic overview

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 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.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Saint David” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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