Saturday of the seventh week of ordinary time – March 01, 2025 – liturgical calendar

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Today is Saturday of the seventh week of ordinary time. The Roman martyrology reminiscent St. David (542-601), Bishop and Patron of Wales. The church in Wales and England celebrates this saint as festival. Very little is known about the life of St. David (Dewi Sant). He belonged to this great monastery movement, which was influential in Wales in the sixth century and had the connections to the monk in Gaul and Ireland. The earliest indications of David are in the Irish annals. Many churches in South Wales claim David as the founder. His main foundation was in myyw or menevia in dyfed. He was in 1123 by Pope Callistus II.

St. David von Wales

All information we have about David is based on the unreliable biography of the eleventh century of Rhygyfarch, the son of Bishop Sulien von St. David's. According to IT, David was the son of King Sant from Südwales and St. Non, became a priest, studied under St. Paulinus on a non -identified island for several years and then began with missionary activities, which found a few dozen monasteries, of which the last one, which is on myyw (Menevia) in the southwest on the basis of the Myyw (Menevia) on the basis of the Äketisches Mons, on the The basis of the monken was, on the basis of the Monken of the Monken, on their rooms, on the basis of the Monken, based on the Monken, based on the couch of the altens. David visited a synod in Brefi, Cardiganshire, around 550, where his eloquence has made him vote as the primate of the Cambrian Church, with the understanding that Caerleon's bishop's view is moved to mynyw, now St. David's. He was allegedly consecrated by the patriarch of Jerusalem Archbishop, while on a pilgrimage to the Holy Land and a Council called as a synod of the victory, because he marked the final decline of pelagianism, ratified the decree of Brefi and included the regulations for the British church. He died in his monastery in Mynyw and his cult was allegedly approved by Pope Callistus II around 1120. His birth and dates of death are also uncertain and range from c. 454 to 520 for the former and from 560 to 601 for the latter.

– Excerted by Dictionary of the saintsJohn J. Delaney

Patronage: Pigeons; Wales

Symbols and representation: Leek; Dove; Daffodil; Celtic bishop with long hair, beard and pigeon on the shoulder; Bishop holds the cathedral; preach on a hill; Man who stands on a deaf on a hill on his shoulder

Highlights and things to do:

• Read more about St. David:
• Learn more about the Welsh customs that surround this day here and here.




• St. David was buried in St. David's Cathedral in Pembrokeshire, Wales. From Wiki: “His shrine was a popular pilgrimage in the Middle Ages. During the 10th and 11th centuries, the cathedral was regularly searched by the Vikings, which removed the shrine from the church, and dried up the precious metal gauge.




• As often as the celebrations forget the historical and religious contributions of the Holy David. Read these 16 things that you (probably) didn't know about the traditions about St. David's Day.




• Leeks and daffodils are visually prominent today. Boil something with leek and with the sign of the spring disc decorating, considerable yellow daffodil.




• In Catholic cuisine you will find some food ideas for St. David's Day.