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St. David's Cathedral (St. David's, Wales)

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'''St. David's Cathedral''' is located in the city of St Davids David's (''Tyddewi'' - house of David - in Welsh) in the far southwest of Wales, and . The [[cathedral]] is dedicated to [[David of Wales]], the patron [[saint]] of the Principality, and whose feast day is [[March 1]]. St. David's [[relics]] are contained in the shrine dedicated to him behind the High [[Altar]]. of the cathedral. The cathedral lies on the site of the [[monastery]] founded by St. David prior to his repose in 589.
The cathedral lies on the site of the [[monastery]] founded by Saint David prior to his death in 589 AD. Unusually Unusual for a Western European cathedral, it St. David's Cathedral is located in a valley at the foot of a hill; rather than on it, dominating its small city (modern St Davids is little more than a small country village), the . The cathedral is virtually invisible to passersby unless they are overlooking the valley. This location is said to have been chosen for its defensive properties, but the site was attacked and destroyed several times from the 7th seventh to 11th eleventh centuries. St. David's Cathedral nonetheless remained an important centre of learning in the early medieval period and, in the ninth century, King Alfred requested help from St. David's in rebuilding the intellectual life of Wessex following his victories over the Vikings.
St. David's Cathedral nonetheless remained an important centre of learning in the early medieval period, and in the 9th century King Alfred requested help from St. David's in rebuilding the intellectual life Construction of Wessex following his victories over the Vikings. The present cathedral was begun began in 1181. While architecturally important in its own right , and an official site of pilgrimage for the [[Roman Catholic Church]] from at least 1123, (before the current structure's construction (two visits to St Davids were equal to one visit to Rome), its modern the cathedral's importance from an Orthodox perspective lies in today is that it contains the shrine to Saint St. David behind that not only has the High [[Altar]], which contains the [[relics|bones]] of Saint St. David, Saint but also those of St. [[Justinian of Ramsey Island]], and possibly those of Saint St. Caradoc, all from the Orthodox period of Christianity in Wales.
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