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1. • • His shrine was so important that Pope Callistus II said two pilgrimages to St David's were worth one to the Vatican. Vikings regularly raided the cathedral while the shrine was stripped of its jewels during the reformation in the 16th Century.
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   What happened to St Davids Cathedral?

   • In the 16th century there was a plan to replace the cathedral with a cathedral in Carmarthen. The bishop’s residence was moved to Carmarthen in readiness, and the Bishop’s Palace near St Davids Cathedral fell into ruin. In February 2017, Joanna Penberthy became Bishop of St Davids, the first female bishop in Wales.

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   What happened to St David?

   • After St David’s death, a shrine was built in his honour at his cathedral. Pope Callistus II thought of it so highly that he declared to Catholics that two pilgrimages to the shrine was worth one to the Vatican in Rome. By the 12th century, more than 60 churches in Wales had also been dedicated to St David.

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   How did St Davids get restored?

   • Scott’s Victorian period saw widespread church restoration. In his time, St Davids received generous public donations and a restoration campaign was headed by future Bishop William Basil Jones and historian Edward A. Freeman. Together in 1856 they published The History and Antiquities of St David.

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   What is St Davids famous for?

   • St Davids Cathedral Dewi Sant, or St David, founded a monastery here in the sixth century. He is Wales’ patron saint, celebrated on 1 March. He evangelised across a wide area, from Mid Wales to Brittany, and is credited with many miracles. In the 12th century the Pope recognised St Davids as a place of pilgrimage.

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   What did St David say to his followers after he died?

   • David’s final words to his followers were supposedly: “Do the little things, the small things you’ve seen me doing” or “Do the little things that you have heard and seen me do”. After St David’s death, a shrine was built in his honour at his cathedral.

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   Why did people visit St Davids Cathedral?

   • The Cathedral was granted a privilege from the Pope stating that two pilgrimages to St Davids was equal to one to Rome, and that three were as significant as a pilgrimage to Jerusalem. People would have travelled here for many reasons: to pray to the saints for help with life’s difficulties, or for loved ones who had died.

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   St David today The Shrine of St David, restored in 2012. The restored shrine of St David here in the cathedral is used as a focus for prayer and reflection by many people. St David has become a symbol for Wales, a figure to which Welsh people all over the world can turn.

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   Scott’s Victorian period saw widespread church restoration. In his time, St Davids received generous public donations and a restoration campaign was headed by future Bishop William Basil Jones and historian Edward A. Freeman. Together in 1856 they published The History and Antiquities of St David.

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   Every year on 1 March, Wales celebrates St David's Day - but how much do we actually know about the country's patron saint?

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   Pilgrimage to St Davids was ruthlessly stamped out during the Reformation by Bishop Barlow, who destroyed St David’s shrine in the sixteenth century. Statue of Gerald of Wales in the Holy Trinity Chapel.

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   Oct 17, 2023 · 17 October 2023. St Davids has elected a new bishop to replace one who said people should "Never, never, never trust a Tory". Dorrien Davies, Archdeacon of Carmarthen, was elected on Tuesday...

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   Dewi Sant, or St David, founded a monastery here in the sixth century. He is Wales’ patron saint, celebrated on 1 March. He evangelised across a wide area, from Mid Wales to Brittany, and is credited with many miracles. In the 12th century the Pope recognised St Davids as a place of pilgrimage.

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   Feb 26, 2024 · While facts about David’s life remain shrouded in history, some oral histories claim that David was unusually tall for the period – perhaps as tall as 6ft – and following his entry into the church, he became an influential preacher who (so the legends have it), performed miracles. What is the story behind St David?