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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.
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 ...
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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.
St. David Catholic Church is a historic church at 774 Main Street (United States Route 1) in Madawaska, Maine. Built in 1911, it is an architecturally distinctive blend of Baroque revival and Italian Renaissance revival architecture. The congregation was the first separate Roman Catholic congregation established in Madawaska, the result of many ...
An engraving of St David's Cathedral c.1790 with an account of its history. The history of the diocese of St Davids is traditionally traced to that saint (Dewi) in the latter half of the 6th century.
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Saint David (Welsh: Dewi Sant) was born in Caerfai, southwest Wales into an aristocratic family.[1] [2] He was reportedly a scion of the royal house of Ceredigion, [3] and founded a Celtic monastic community at Glyn Rhosyn (The Vale of Roses) on the western headland of Pembrokeshire (Welsh: Sir Benfro) at the spot where St Davids Cathedral stands today.