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سنت دیوید
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patron saint of Wales
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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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- David
- Family name
- David
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Kingdom of Dyfed
- Place of birth
- Pembrokeshire
- Place of death
- St Davids
- Mother
- Non
- Occupation
- Catholic bishop
- Position held
- abbot
- Languages spoken
- Welsh
- Religion
- Catholic Church
- Student of
- Illtud
- Image
- Jesus Chapel St David.jpg
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- Commons category
- Saint David
- canonization status
- Catholic saint
- date of birth
- 0512-00-00
- date of death
- 0589-00-00
- name in native language
- Dewi Sant
- described by source
- The Catholic Encyclopedia
- Commons gallery
- Dewi Sant – Saint David
- domain of saint or deity
- Wales
- feast day
- March 1
- topic's main category
- Category:Saint David
- P12749
- Business Recorder
Sources (2)
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