The images which depict St David are very often of a man with a long beard, with a dove on his shoulder, standing on a hill. He was actually made a Saint in the year 1120, and was canonized by Pope Callistus 11.
Today the place in Pembrokeshire known as St David's has attained city status, but is not as you would imagine a city to be! It is very small, and was made a city by the Queen in 1995, due to the presence of the Cathedral there. The Cathedral lies in a hollow, and is built from a purplish colored stone, when I visited I was impressed with the many fine tombs there, many of these tombs are the tombs of Bishops, and one is the tomb of Edmund Tudor, he was the Earl of Richmond and the father of Henry VII.
Although there has been a place of worship on the site since the days of early Christianity, the present day Cathedral dates from 1176.
The mortal remains of St David and St Justin are said to be inside an oak casket inside the Cathedral. The place is an important place of pilgrimage for Christians right up to the present day.
Another place, which is a must to visit, is St Non's Chapel and the Well, both of which stand near a cliff top, overlooking the sea, and the tiny little Chapel named after St David's mother is well worth a visit, it is not too far from St David's by car. The well is just a very short walk from the chapel and is thought to be near the place where St David was born. Many people visit the well, to drink from it, as it is believed to have healing properties. These two places although not as grand as the Cathedral, are just as important and have significance to Christians who like to combine a visit to the Cathedral with a visit to the chapel and well. When I visited I went to the Cathedral first, and then to the chapel and the well, and I was struck by the contrast between the two. The Cathedral looked very grand and beautiful, but the humbleness and simplicity of the chapel seemed just as beautiful to me, and I felt it reflected the true life and times of St David.
