The story of St. David of Wales…
St David was born in the year 500, the grandson of Ceredig ap Cunedda, King of Ceredigion. According to legend, his mother St Non gave birth to him on a Pembrokeshire clifftop during a fierce storm. The spot is marked by the ruins of Non's Chapel and a nearby holy well is said to have healing powers.
St David became a renowned preacher, founding monastic settlements and churches in Wales, Brittany and southwest England – including, possibly, the abbey at Glastonbury. St David reputedly made a pilgrimage to Jerusalem, from which he brought back a stone that now sits in an altar at St David's Cathedral, built on the site of his original monastery.
St David and his monks followed a simple, austere
life. They ploughed the fields by hand, rather than using oxen, and refrained
from eating meat or drinking beer. St David himself was reputed to have
consumed only leeks and water – which is perhaps why the leek became a national
symbol of Wales.
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Another 3 people in Wales have died with coronavirus, reports Public Health Wales. It takes the total number of Covid-related deaths reported since the start of the pandemic to 5,343. 193 new cases were also reported on Monday, as Wales' overall number of cases per 100,000 people fell to 64. All 3 deaths were recorded in the Betsi Cadwaladr University Health Board area, which covers North Wales.
Flintshire, Gwynedd, Wrexham and Swansea all
recorded rises in case rates, while Conwy's remained the same as Sunday. Conwy
is now the county with the highest case rate in Wales, with 87.9 infections per 100,000 people over the most recent
seven-day period. It overtakes Torfaen as the county with the highest case
rate.
The next highest case rates are in Gwynedd 85.1, Flintshire 81.4, Anglesey 81.4 and
Caerphilly 80.1.
Ceredigion, with 22 cases per 100,000
people, continues to have the lowest rate in the country, followed by
Pembrokeshire 35, Bridgend 42.8 and Blaenau Gwent 42.9.
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