Editing St Davids (section)

===Age of David===
[[File:River Alun-Afon Alun from the footbridge - geograph.org.uk - 1502526.jpg |thumb|The [[River Alun, Pembrokeshire|Afon Alun]] in modern times, where Saint David founded his church and monastery]]
David is said to have been born to [[Saint Non]] around 500 AD, at the place where the [[Chapel of St Non]] now stands. He was baptised by [[Ailbe of Emly|Saint Elvis]] at [[Porthclais]], and was brought up by his mother at [[Llanon]]. He may also have been educated at the [[Whitesands Bay (Pembrokeshire)|"Ty Gwyn"]], Whitesands by [[Paul Aurelian|Saint Paulinus]]. David is thought to have founded an earlier community somewhere to the west of modern St Davids, before establishing a new church and [[Monastery of Saint David, Wales|monastery]] at a place then known as "Glyn Rhosyn" on the banks of the [[River Alun, Pembrokeshire|Afon Alun]] (where the current Cathedral now stands).<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://sucs.org/~rhys/stdavid.html |title=Saint David and Saint David's Day |last=Jones |first=Rhys James |date=28 February 1994 |access-date=21 June 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120607024933/http://sucs.org/~rhys/stdavid.html |archive-date=7 June 2012 |url-status=live}}</ref>

During his life, David gained great fame throughout the [[Celtic Christianity|Celtic church]] and was a key figure in the fight against the [[Pelagianism|Pelagian Heresy]]. At the [[Synod of Brefi]] in 545 AD, Saint [[Dubricius]] (who held two Bishoprics, Caerleon and [[Bishop of Llandaff|Llandaff]]) is said to have freely given David the ancient [[Metropolitan See]] of Caerleon.<ref>{{cite CE1913|wstitle= St. David |volume= 4 |last= Toke |first= Leslie Alexander St. Lawrence |author-link= |short=1}}</ref> It is also implied that in transferring the See from Caerleon, David also transferred an important royal court. The [[Welsh Triads]] name "Mynyw" as the seat of "one of the three Tribal Thrones of the island of Britain" (the other courts being [[Celliwig]] and [[Pen Rhionydd]]). The entry states that the court had [[King Arthur|Arthur]] as Chief Prince, "Dewi" as the Chief Bishop, and "[[Maelgwn Gwynedd]]" as Chief Elder.<ref>Rachel Bromwich (editor and translator), ''Trioedd Ynys Prydein: The Welsh Triads'', second edition (Cardiff: University of Wales, 1978), Triad 1.</ref> Indeed, [[Geoffrey of Monmouth]] would describe David as "The pious archbishop of Legions, at the city of Menevia" (Caerleon's name in both Welsh and Latin means "The city of Legions").<ref name=Toke>{{Cite web|url=https://www.newadvent.org/cathen/05179a.htm|title=CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: St. Dubric|website=www.newadvent.org}}</ref>