Dydd Gŵyl Dewi Sant Hapus! (Glorious Video)
St David was a 6th century Celtic monk, who was conceived by St Non (feast day 2nd of March) his mother in rape.
He founded a monastery beside the river Alun which later became the site of the Cathedral.
St David was known as aquaticus (water drinker) on account of his strict asceticism. He fought the Pelagian heresy at the synod of Brefi.
He is the Patron Saint of Wales, and his feast day is on the 1st of March.
The Cathedral of St Davids is odd, not only from the lack of an apostrophe but also of a surrounding of urban development. Unlike other great Cathedrals in England and on the continent, St Davids lies in a meadow surrounded by rural peace. It was begun in 1181 and was tinkered with even as recently as 2010.
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