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The monastic community was founded by Saint David, Abbot of Menevia, who died in 589. Between 645 and 1097, the community was attacked many times by raiders, including the Vikings; however it was of such note as both a religious and an intellectual centre that King Alfred summoned help from the monastic community at St Davids in rebuilding the intellectual life of the Kingdom of Wessex.
St David's Church, Hobart became St David's Cathedral, Hobart in 1842 St David's Church, Sydney, meeting place of the Australian Aboriginal Progressive Association in the 1920s St David's Church, Toongabbie, Victoria
The Diocese of St Davids is a diocese of the Church in Wales, a church of the Anglican Communion. The diocese covers the historic extent of Ceredigion, Carmarthenshire and Pembrokeshire, together with a small part of western Glamorgan. The episcopal see is the Cathedral Church of St David in the City of St Davids, Pembrokeshire.
The Bishop of St Davids is the ordinary of the Church in Wales Diocese of St Davids. The succession of bishops stretches back to Saint David who in the 6th century established his seat in what is today the city of St Davids in Pembrokeshire , founding St Davids Cathedral .
The church was restored in 1886–87, by J. James Spencer, [2] who also undertook restoration of the Church of St Martin, Cwmyoy. [3] Cadw notes that the church may have been established at a date earlier than the sixteenth century. [1] A tradition suggests it was built in the twelfth century to commemorate a visit to the valley by Saint David ...
David Neville, Founding Principal of the Choir School at St John's College and Cathedral Director of Music and Organist 1980–2016, received the Papal Cross Pro Ecclesia et Pontifice in 1991 for his services to cathedral music, and in 1997 he was a first recipient of the Archbishop of Wales Award for Church Music, chaired by George Guest, CBE ...
The Church of St David, Llanddewi Brefi. The church was founded in 1187, [2] built on the site where a famous synod was held in the sixth century. [3] According to local legend, it is said that during this synod, which St David addressed, the flat ground rose into a mound beneath his feet, allowing him to be better seen and heard by the vast crowd that had gathered to hear him speak. [4]
St Davids or St David's [1] [2] (Welsh: Tyddewi, [tiː ˈðɛwi], lit. "David's house”) is a cathedral city [3] in Pembrokeshire, Wales. It lies on the River Alun and is part of the community of St Davids and the Cathedral Close. [4] It is the resting place of Saint David, Wales's patron saint, and named after him.