Saint David
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Saint David is a 6th-century Welsh bishop and monk revered as the national patron saint of Wales, celebrated for his piety, monastic foundations, and the annual feast day of St David’s Day on March 1st.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Saint David canonical | 28 |
| Saint David (in some later tradition) | 1 |
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Christian saint
ⓘ
bishop ⓘ monk ⓘ national symbol of Wales ⓘ patron saint ⓘ |
| associatedWith | Celtic monasticism ⓘ |
| associatedWithPlace |
Menevia
ⓘ
St Davids ⓘ |
| birthDate | c. 500 ⓘ |
| centuryOfActivity | 6th century ⓘ |
| commemoratedIn |
Anglican Communion
ⓘ
Eastern Orthodox Christianity ⓘ
surface form:
Eastern Orthodox Church
Roman Catholicism ⓘ
surface form:
Roman Catholic Church
|
| commemoratedOn |
Saint David's Day
ⓘ
surface form:
St David’s Day
|
| countryOfVeneration | Wales ⓘ |
| deathDate | c. 589 ⓘ |
| denomination | Celtic Christianity ⓘ |
| feastDay | 1 March ⓘ |
| founded |
monastery at Menevia
ⓘ
monastery at St Davids ⓘ |
| hasLegend |
miracle of restoring sight to a blind man
ⓘ
miracle of the ground rising beneath him while preaching ⓘ |
| honorificTitle | Saint ⓘ |
| influenced | early Welsh Christianity ⓘ |
| knownFor |
asceticism
ⓘ
miracles ⓘ monastic foundations ⓘ piety ⓘ preaching ⓘ |
| languageOfVeneration |
Latin
ⓘ
Welsh ⓘ |
| liturgicalColor | white ⓘ |
| nationalPatronSaintOf | Wales ⓘ |
| occupation |
abbot
ⓘ
bishop ⓘ monk ⓘ |
| patronage |
Wales
ⓘ
Welsh people ⓘ doves ⓘ poets ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth | Wales ⓘ |
| placeOfDeath | Wales ⓘ |
| religion | Christianity ⓘ |
| symbol |
bishop’s staff
ⓘ
dove ⓘ leek ⓘ |
| teaches | austere monastic rule ⓘ |
| veneratedAs | archbishop of the Welsh ⓘ |
Referenced by (29)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Saint David (in some later tradition)