SAINT FEAST DAY 1 MARCH: ST DAVID

 

ALL SAINTS CELEBRATED IN MARCH 

Saints celebrated on the 1st of March

WELCOME!

SAINT DAVID, BISHOP

[Patron of Wales and of vegetarians/vegans, the latter due to his and his monks' strict ascetic dietary practices, stipulated in his monastic Rule.] 

Born in Wales on a clifftop during a violent storm around A.D. 500, Saint David, who belonged to an aristocratic family, became a famous preacher and founded monasteries and churches from Wales to Brittany.

He lived an ascetical life which he shared with others. His Rule forbade the eating of meat.

It is said that he made a pilgrimage to Jerusalem and was made a bishop by the patriarch. After his death, his shrine in West Wales became an important place of pilgrimage.

PRAYER:

O God, who graciously bestowed on your

Bishop Saint David of Wales

the virtue of wisdom and the gift of eloquence,

and made him an example of prayer and pastoral zeal;

grant that, through his intercession,

your Church may ever prosper and render you

joyful praise.

Through our Lord Jesus Christ, your Son,

who lives and reigns with you in the unity

of the Holy Spirit,

God, for ever and ever.

Amen.