Saint
David |
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Stained glass depiction of Saint David, designed by William Burges, at Castell Coch, Cardiff |
| Born | Unknown, estimated at c. 500 Unknown, c.
Caerfai, Dyfed or somewhere in Ceredigion. |
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| Died | 1 March 589 Mynyw, Dyfed |
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| Venerated in | Roman Catholic Church Eastern Orthodox Church Anglican Communion |
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| Canonized | 1123, Rome, Holy Roman Empire (officially recognised) by Pope Callixtus II |
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| Major shrine | St David's Cathedral, Pembrokeshire, Wales shrine largely extant, controversial bones in casket |
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| Feast | 1 March |
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| Attributes | Bishop with a dove, usually on his shoulder, sometimes standing on a raised hillock |
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| Patronage | Wales; Pembrokeshire; Naas; vegetarians; poets |
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| Controversy | The earliest of the supposed bones of Saint David and Saint Justinian housed i
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