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.

Wales 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 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