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Whenever it was, legend says his mother Non gave birth on a cliff-top in Pembrokeshire - during a fierce storm. At that exact moment, a bolt of lightning from heaven is said to have struck the...
The same passage states that he died on a Tuesday, from which attempts have been made to calculate the year of his death. David was buried at St David's Cathedral at St Davids, Pembrokeshire, where his shrine was a popular place of pilgrimage throughout the Middle Ages.
For David did not go up into heaven, but he himself said: “The Lord said to my Lord, ‘Sit at my right hand until I make your enemies your footstool.’”. Therefore let the whole house of Israel know for certain that God has made him both Lord and Messiah, this Jesus whom you crucified (Acts 2:29-35).
Jul 31, 2009 · What we know about the life of Saint David, the patron saint of Wales and one of the early saints who helped to spread Christianity among the pagan Celtic tribes of Western Britain.
The earliest known ‘life’ of St David was written by a monk called Rhygyfarch around 1080, five hundred years after David died. It was based on the oral traditions and memories of his sayings and the stories passed down, not always what we would consider ‘facts’.
Various legends about his life claim he was born on a cliff overlooking the sea during a storm. The ruins of a small chapel, known as Capel Non (Non’s Chapel), mark the site of his birth, and a holy well close to the chapel is believed to have healing powers.
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It’s impossible to say for certain when the patron saint of Wales was born, though it’s widely thought it was sometime between the years 462 and 515. Much of what we 'know' about him comes from the writings of a chronicler and clergyman named Rhygyfarch, who lived roughly 500 years after St David.
