Saint David

E61758

Christian saint bishop monk national symbol of Wales patron saint

Saint David is a 6th-century Welsh bishop and monk revered as the national patron saint of Wales, celebrated for his piety, monastic foundations, and the annual feast day of St David’s Day on March 1st.

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All labels observed (3)

Label	Occurrences
Saint David canonical	49
Saint David (in some later tradition)	1
Saint David of Wales	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T490821 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Saint David
Context triple: [Wales, patronSaint, Saint David]

A. Saint Patrick
Saint Patrick is the 5th-century Romano-British Christian missionary and bishop credited with bringing Christianity to Ireland and later venerated as the country’s patron saint.
B. Saint Andrew
Saint Andrew is a Christian apostle venerated as the patron saint of countries such as Scotland, Greece, and Romania, often symbolized by the diagonal cross on which he was martyred.
C. St. George
St. George is a waterfront neighborhood on the northeastern tip of Staten Island in New York City, known for its ferry terminal, civic buildings, and views of the Manhattan skyline.
D. Saint David's Day
Saint David's Day is the annual Welsh cultural and religious celebration held on 1 March in honor of Saint David, the patron saint of Wales.
E. Saint Chad
Saint Chad was a 7th-century Anglo-Saxon bishop and missionary, venerated as a saint for his role in spreading Christianity in Mercia and Northumbria.
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Saint David
Target entity description: Saint David is a 6th-century Welsh bishop and monk revered as the national patron saint of Wales, celebrated for his piety, monastic foundations, and the annual feast day of St David’s Day on March 1st.

A. Saint Patrick
Saint Patrick is the 5th-century Romano-British Christian missionary and bishop credited with bringing Christianity to Ireland and later venerated as the country’s patron saint.
B. Saint Andrew
Saint Andrew is a Christian apostle venerated as the patron saint of countries such as Scotland, Greece, and Romania, often symbolized by the diagonal cross on which he was martyred.
C. St. George
St. George is a waterfront neighborhood on the northeastern tip of Staten Island in New York City, known for its ferry terminal, civic buildings, and views of the Manhattan skyline.
D. Saint David's Day
Saint David's Day is the annual Welsh cultural and religious celebration held on 1 March in honor of Saint David, the patron saint of Wales.
E. Saint Chad
Saint Chad was a 7th-century Anglo-Saxon bishop and missionary, venerated as a saint for his role in spreading Christianity in Mercia and Northumbria.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Christian saint ⓘ bishop ⓘ monk ⓘ national symbol of Wales ⓘ patron saint ⓘ
associatedWith	Celtic monasticism ⓘ
associatedWithPlace	Menevia ⓘ St Davids ⓘ
birthDate	c. 500 ⓘ
centuryOfActivity	6th century ⓘ
commemoratedIn	Anglican Communion ⓘ Eastern Orthodox Church ⓘ linked to: Eastern Orthodox Christianity Roman Catholic Church ⓘ linked to: Roman Catholicism
commemoratedOn	St David’s Day ⓘ linked to: Saint David's Day
countryOfVeneration	Wales ⓘ
deathDate	c. 589 ⓘ
denomination	Celtic Christianity ⓘ
feastDay	1 March ⓘ
founded	monastery at Menevia ⓘ monastery at St Davids ⓘ
hasLegend	miracle of restoring sight to a blind man ⓘ miracle of the ground rising beneath him while preaching ⓘ
honorificTitle	Saint ⓘ
influenced	early Welsh Christianity ⓘ
knownFor	asceticism ⓘ miracles ⓘ monastic foundations ⓘ piety ⓘ preaching ⓘ
languageOfVeneration	Latin ⓘ Welsh ⓘ
liturgicalColor	white ⓘ
nationalPatronSaintOf	Wales ⓘ
occupation	abbot ⓘ bishop ⓘ monk ⓘ
patronage	Wales ⓘ Welsh people ⓘ doves ⓘ poets ⓘ
placeOfBirth	Wales ⓘ
placeOfDeath	Wales ⓘ
religion	Christianity ⓘ
symbol	bishop’s staff ⓘ dove ⓘ leek ⓘ
teaches	austere monastic rule ⓘ
veneratedAs	archbishop of the Welsh ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (51)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Wales → patronSaint → Saint David ⓘ

David I of Scotland → knownAs → Saint David (in some later tradition) ⓘ

linked to: Saint David

Welsh Guards → patronSaint → Saint David ⓘ

Flag of Wales → associatedWith → Saint David ⓘ

Saint David's Day → honours → Saint David ⓘ

Saint David's Day → namedAfter → Saint David ⓘ

Saint David's Day → patronSaint → Saint David ⓘ

St. David’s Episcopal Church, Radnor, Pennsylvania → namedAfter → Saint David ⓘ

St David’s Hall → namedAfter → Saint David ⓘ

St Davids → namedAfter → Saint David ⓘ

St Davids → hasPatronSaint → Saint David ⓘ

St David’s Church, Neath → namedAfter → Saint David ⓘ

St David’s Church, Neath → hasDedication → Saint David ⓘ

Royal Welch Fusiliers → patronSaint → Saint David ⓘ

Welsh people → associatedWithPatronSaint → Saint David ⓘ

Menevia → associatedWithSaint → Saint David ⓘ

Menevia → hasShrineTo → Saint David ⓘ

Menevia → traditionalHomeOf → Saint David ⓘ

Flag of Saint David → namedAfter → Saint David ⓘ

Flag of Saint David → associatedWith → Saint David ⓘ

Flag of Saint David → patronSaint → Saint David ⓘ

Flag of Saint David → symbolizes → Saint David ⓘ

Royal Welsh → patronSaint → Saint David ⓘ

Annales Cambriae → mentions → Saint David ⓘ

Diocese of St Davids → namedAfter → Saint David ⓘ

Diocese of St Davids → traditionallyFoundedBy → Saint David ⓘ

Diocese of St Davids → hasPatronSaint → Saint David ⓘ

St Davids Cathedral → dedicatedTo → Saint David ⓘ

St Davids Cathedral → foundedAsMonasticCommunityBy → Saint David ⓘ

St. David’s Episcopal Church → namedAfter → Saint David ⓘ

St David’s Church, Tonyrefail → namedAfter → Saint David ⓘ

St David’s Church, Ystalyfera → namedAfter → Saint David ⓘ

St David’s Church, Ystalyfera → dedicatedTo → Saint David ⓘ

St David's → hasNameOrigin → Saint David ⓘ

St David's → patronSaint → Saint David ⓘ

St Non’s Chapel and Well → associatedWith → Saint David ⓘ

St Non’s Chapel and Well → pilgrimageFocus → Saint David ⓘ

Bishop of St David’s → associatedWithSaint → Saint David ⓘ

Saint Illtyd → notableStudent → Saint David ⓘ

St David’s Church, Caldey Island → namedAfter → Saint David ⓘ

subject linked to: St David’s church

St David's Cathedral, Hobart → namedAfter → Saint David ⓘ

St David’s Church, Airmyn → dedicatedTo → Saint David ⓘ

Wales region → hasPatronSaint → Saint David ⓘ

St David’s Barracks → namedAfter → Saint David ⓘ

Saint Teilo → contemporaryOf → Saint David ⓘ

St David’s Church, Llanfaes → dedicatedTo → Saint David ⓘ

St David’s Church, Llanfaes → namedAfter → Saint David ⓘ

St. David’s societies → namedAfter → Saint David ⓘ

St David’s Church, Naas → dedicatedTo → Saint David ⓘ

subject linked to: St David’s Church

St David’s Church, Naas → namedAfter → Saint David of Wales ⓘ