St. David’s Day 2017
St. David’s Day is celebrated annually on March 1st when the people of Wales celebrate their patron saint of Wales, St David and also of doves, also known as Dewi Sant in Welsh. He was born in Pembrokeshire, Wales to Sant, a prince of Cardigan and St Non, the daughter of a chieftain in around 500AD.
In Medieval times, St David who had died on March 1, 589 AD, was the nephew of King Arthur. The flag of St David is a yellow cross on a black background. On St David’s Day, the flag of St David and Y Ddraig Goch ( the Red Dragon, Wales’s national flag), will be flown.