David founded a monastery where St Davids stands today. He died in 589 AD and was buried in the grounds of his own monastery. He has been the patron saint of Wales since the 12th century.

St David really existed – he was at the heart of the Welsh church in the 6th century. He had pedigree – a scion of an aristocratic family in West Wales, his mother became a saint (Saint Non ...

St David’s Day remembers the patron saint of Wales. However, unlike the Irish equivalent, St David’s Day is not a bank holiday despite 87 per cent of Welsh people voting to make it one in 2007.