David
St. David (or St. Dewi ) (lived 5th - 6th century)
Patron saint of Wales, Christian abbot and bishop. According to legend he was the son of a prince of Dyfed and grandson of King Ceredig, uncle of King Arthur. He was responsible for the adoption of the leek as the national emblem of Wales, but his own emblem is a dove. David founded a monastery at Menevia (now St Davids), which he made his bishop's seat, where he moved the eccleastrical government to from Caerleon.
Tradition has it that David made a pilgrimage to Jerusalem, where he was consecrated bishop. He founded 12 monasteries in Wales. He presided over a synod at Brefi and condemned the ideas of the British theologian Pelagius .
St David was canonised by Pope Calixius II in 1120.
In the Christian calendar his Feast day is 1 March.
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