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[[Image:Flag of Saint David.png|thumb|Flag of Saint David]]'''Saint David''' (Welsh: ''Dewi Sant'') is the patron [[saint]] of [[Wales]]; his feast day is celebrated on 1 March.
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[[Image:Flag of Saint David.png|thumb|Flag of Saint David]]
'''Saint David''' (Welsh: ''Dewi Sant'') is the patron [[saint]] of [[Wales]]; his feast day is celebrated on 1 March.
David was born around AD 500 (the precise date is unknown) and died in AD 589, the son of a regional king or sub-king, and educated by St Paulinus of Wales. He achieved renown as a teacher and founded monastic settlements in Wales, [[Cornwall]] and [[Brittany]]. The communities he founded practiced [[Ascesis|asceticism]]: monks, not animals, pulled the ploughs on the fields they cultivated; personal possessions were forbidden; they could only drink water; meat-eating was not allowed. David's symbol - the [[leek]] (which is also a symbol of Wales) - is a reflection of this simplicity.
David was born around AD 500 (the precise date is unknown) and died in AD 589, the son of a regional king or sub-king, and educated by St Paulinus of Wales. He achieved renown as a teacher and founded monastic settlements in Wales, [[Cornwall]] and [[Brittany]]. The communities he founded practiced [[Ascesis|asceticism]]: monks, not animals, pulled the ploughs on the fields they cultivated; personal possessions were forbidden; they could only drink water; meat-eating was not allowed. David's symbol - the [[leek]] (which is also a symbol of Wales) - is a reflection of this simplicity.