David

deity Welsh single tradition · 2

David, also known as Dewi Sant in Welsh and Davidus in Latin, was a Welsh Christian prelate who served as Bishop of Mynyw during the 6th century. He is the patron saint of Wales. Tradition holds that he was the son of Non and the grandson of Ceredig ap Cunedda, king of Ceredigion.

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When

First attested
100 CE
Attested period
100 – 601
Historical notes
Welsh Christian prelate and patron saint of Wales.

Relationships

child of
Non
allied with
white dove

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Sources

Source passages

“He was not explicitly named by contemporary sources although David may have been criticised without being named by Gildas the first explicit reference is in the Irish Martyrology of Tallaght in the early ninth century. David's popularity in Wales is shown by the Armes Prydein”

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“David”

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