St David Day in UK
St David Day in UK is held on March 1. People in Wales and those of Welsh origin celebrate the life of their patron saint. This event in the first decade of the month March is annual. 
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St David (or 'Dewi Sant’ in Welsh) is the only British/Irish saint to be born in the country he is patron of Legend has it that St David was born on a Pembrokeshire hill-top during a fierce storm. The date of his birth isn't certain, but it is generally accepted that he died on the 1st March 589 A.D. St David 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.
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