Patronage

Patron Saint of Wales

David of Wales is venerated as the patron saint of Wales — feast day March 1.

David of Wales

David of Wales

Approx. 500 ADApprox. 589 AD · Feast day: March 1

David of Wales (Dewi Sant) was the patron saint of Wales and its leading sixth-century monastic reformer — a bishop whose austere rule and preaching shaped the Welsh Church for centuries. At the Synod of Brefi, the ground rose beneath him as he preached and a white dove settled on his shoulder. His final words to his monks were simple: 'Do the little things in life.'

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