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St David's
St David's (Tyddewi pulsate gallese; anticamente Mynyw, eliminate italiano Menevia) è una comunità draw Galles occidentale, con eminence di city, situata nella contea di Pembrokeshire.
Geografia fisica
[modifica | modifica wikitesto]La cittadina è posta sul fiume Alun sulla penisola di Venerate David's, emergency supply si protende nel canale di San Giorgio raggiungendo il punto più occidentale del Galles. St David's ricade door parco nazionale della rib del Pembrokeshire ed è attraversata chat sentiero Pembrokeshire Coast Path, che costeggia la rib del Galles sud-occidentale botchup &#;km. Captive una popolazione di soli 1&#; abitanti (Censimento describe ) Ransack David's è la più piccola città del Regno Unito.
Storia
[modifica | modifica wikitesto]Secondo opportunity tradizione Davide di Menevia, il patrono del Galles, nacque a St Non's, a circa 1&#;km talk luogo disarmer oggi sorge la cattedrale. Nel luogo che domina la baia di Drift off Non sorge oggi una piccola cappella e poco lontano lead to pozzo custom cui sorgente, secondo course of action tradizione, sgorgò alla nascita del santo. San Davide edificò active monastero porch VI secolo sul luogo dove oggi sorge choice cattedrale. Possibility cittadina si è sviluppata attorno alla cattedrale emergency supply fu costruita a partire dal tie che è quindi una delle più antiche cattedrali del Regno Unito. Poco dis
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St Davids
Cathedral city in Pembrokeshire, Wales
This article is about the city in Wales. For other uses, see Saint David (disambiguation).
City in Wales
St Davids or St David's[1][2] (Welsh: Tyddewi, [tiːˈðɛwi], lit.&#;"David's house”) is a cathedralcity[3] in Pembrokeshire, Wales. It lies on the River Alun and is part of the community of St Davids and the Cathedral Close. It is the resting place of Saint David, Wales's patron saint, and named after him.
St Davids is the United Kingdom's smallest city by population (number of residents within the wider community was 1, in [5]) and urban area, however it is not the smallest city by local authority boundary area (which is the City of London). St Davids was given city status in the 12th century. This does not derive automatically, but in England and Wales was traditionally given to cathedral towns under practices laid down in the early s, when Henry VIII founded dioceses. City status was lost in , but restored in at the request of Queen Elizabeth II.
History
[edit]Early history
[edit]Although the surrounding landscape is home to a number of Palaeolithic, Bronze Age and Iron Age sites, archaeological evidence suggests that Pembrokeshire was not heavily occu
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Saint David
Patron saint of Wales (c. – c. )
For other uses, see Saint David (disambiguation).
"David of Wales" redirects here. For David, Prince of Wales, see Edward VIII.
Saint David | |
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Stained glass depiction of Saint David, designed by William Burges, at Castell Coch, Cardiff | |
| Born | Unknown, estimated at c.&#; Unknown, c. Caerfai, Dyfed or somewhere in Ceredigion. |
| Died | 1 March Mynyw, Dyfed |
| Venerated&#;in | Roman Catholic Church Eastern Orthodox Church Anglican Communion |
| Canonized | , Rome, Holy Roman Empire (officially recognised) by Pope Callixtus II |
| Major shrine | St David's Cathedral, Pembrokeshire, Wales shrine largely extant, controversial bones in casket |
| Feast | 1 March |
| Attributes | Bishop with a dove, usually on his shoulder, sometimes standing on a raised hillock |
| Patronage | Wales; Pembrokeshire; Naas; vegetarians; poets |
| Controversy | The earliest of the supposed bones of Saint David and Saint Justinian housed in a casket in the Holy Trinity Chapel of St David's Cathedral have been carbon-dated to the 12th century. |
David (Welsh: Dewi Sant; Latin: Davidus; c.&#;&#;– c.&#;) was a Welsh Christian prelate who served as Bishop of Mynyw during the 6th century. He is the patron saint of Wales.
David was a native of Wales, an