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Saint for a Minute
Stained Glass Window Saint David of Wales Great Saint MaryS Church Cambridge England
Stained Glass Window Saint David of Wales Great Saint MaryS Church Cambridge England

Saint David of Wales

Also known as: David the Briton; David of Menevia; David del Galles; Degui; Dewi; Dewi Sant; Dewid; Dewm; Dewn; Dmui

Saint
Post-Congregation

Feast Day

March 1

Canonized

1120 by Pope Callistus II

Biography

Saint David of Wales, revered as the patron saint of Wales, was born in the early sixth century to the Welsh royal family. His father, King Sandde of Powys, and his mother, Saint Non, daughter of a Menevia chieftain, placed him within a lineage of nobility, grandson of Ceredig, Prince of Cardigan....