Saint David Lewis
Also known as: Charles Baker (alias used to hide from anti-Catholic authorities in Wales)
Saint
Post-Congregation
Feast Day
August 27
Died
August 1, 22
Canonized
25 October 1970 by Pope Paul VI
Beatified
15 December 1929 by Pope Pius XI
Biography
Saint David Lewis, also known as Charles Baker, was born in 1616 in Abergavenny, Monmouthshire, Wales. He came from a mixed religious background, as his mother, Margaret Prichard, was a Catholic while his father, Morgan Lewis, was a Protestant school headmaster. David was raised in the Protestant faith along with his eight siblings....