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St David, Dewi Sant, was a leading figure and monk in the early Welsh Church who lived in this area in the sixth century. He founded a monastic community here living a simple, austere life in the Celtic monastic tradition which connected the people of Wales with Ireland, Cornwall, France and the Scottish Isles.
After much campaigning, the Welsh Church Act of 1914 was passed by David Lloyd George’s Liberal government and implemented in 1920 after the First World War. This set up an independent Church in Wales, separate from the Established Church of England and within the worldwide Anglican community.
The Cathedral is the result of centuries of unbroken community and worship, from Dewi Sant’s day to the present. The enduring presence of this place in the face of history’s challenges is testament to its power as a centre of faith and hope.
The cathedral began to have life again and the famous Welsh Youth Pilgrimages to St Davids (Cymry'r Groes) led many to a life of service in the church and provided the Church in Wales with inspired clergy for a decade following.
Aug 3, 2009 · Six centuries later, there would be at least 60 parish churches dedicated to him, extending from St David's to Herefordshire, from Gower to the upper Wye Valley.
Feb 28, 2023 · The first is the archbishop who would become the patron of a major local church as well as a nation. The other is the abbot of a hermit-like community, who required his monks to live on little ...
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A sacred place of pilgrimage and worship set on a spectacular Pembrokeshire peninsula jutting out into the Atlantic upon the site of an earlier 6th century monastery built by St David, the patron saint of Wales.
