david – patron saint of wales scotland ireland england wales
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David – Patron Saint of Wales
Scotland
Ireland
England
Wales
St David’s Day - 1 March
David died on the first of March 589.
This became an official feast day in 1398.
WalesWales
Holyhead
Bangor
Aberystwyth
Carmarthen
Swansea
Cardiff
St Davids
Milford Haven
St David – Died 1 March 589
Rhigyfarch writes biography in Latin –1095
Earliest Latin manuscripts still in existence – c. 1150
Earliest Welsh translation – 1346
Wade-Evans English Translation – 1923
J W James English Translation – 1967
David and Rhigyfarch –both lived in times of change
“Not to you has God assigned this place, but to a son who is not yet born, and will not be born until thirty years have passed.”
“The Lord has appointed you the chief one in the island of Ireland.”
“the child which she was about to bring into the world was one who, in virtue of the privilege of his dignity, the splendour of his wisdom, and the eloquence of his preaching, would exceed all the teachers of Britain.”
David’s Baptism
Porthclais
“... held him under the water”
Chapel of the Water Spout and Fynnon Dewi?
End of Part One
