Anglican
The feast of St. David (c.
500–589), Patron Saint of Wales and Bishop of Menevia, celebrated as a national day in Wales. It usually falls on or around March 1 (fixed).
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At a glance
- Type
- national feast
- Date type
- Fixed (same date every year)
- Regions
- Global
- Themes
- Saints & Martyrs, Church History
- Liturgical colour
- White
Dydd Gŵyl Dewi Sant
Welsh (Cymraeg)
Mae Dydd Gŵyl Dewi Sant ar 1 Mawrth — diwrnod cenedlaethol Cymru a gwyl y nawddsant Dewi Sant. Mae pobl yn gwisgo cenhinen Bedr neu gennin Pedr, yn mynd i gorymdaith, ac yn dathlu mewn gwasanaethau Cymraeg. Dywedir mai geiriau olaf Dewi oedd: "Gwnewch y pethau bychain" — "Do the little things."
Dewi Sant yw nawddsant Cymru yn unig — nid yw'n gwyl bublic swyddogol yn Lloegr, ond mae'n arbennig o bwysig yng Nghymru.
Common questions
St. David of Wales is observed on March 1 (fixed). Moveable feasts shift each year; fixed feasts stay on the same calendar date.
The feast of St. David (c. 500–589), Patron Saint of Wales and Bishop of Menevia, celebrated as a national day in Wales. March 1 is St. David's Day, marked by wearing daffodils or leeks (national symbols of Wales), parades, and services in Welsh. St. David is known for his austere monastic rule and for his final sermon's command: "Do the little things" (Gwnewch y pethau bychain).
It is associated with Anglican. It falls in the Lent season of the liturgical year.