Editing Saint David (section)

==Reputation==
[[File:Bae non - Chapel of Our Lady and St Non S of Tyddewi (St David's), Sir Benfro, Wales 10.jpg|thumb|290px|A stained glass window at [[St Non's Chapel]], [[St David's]]]]
He was not explicitly named by contemporary sources although David may have been criticised without being named by [[Gildas]]{{sfn|Wooding|2017|p=666}} the first explicit reference is in the Irish [[Martyrology of Tallaght]] in the early ninth century.{{sfn|Wooding|2017|p=667}}

David's popularity in Wales is shown by the ''[[Armes Prydein]]'' of around 930, a poem which prophesied that in the future, when all might seem lost, the ''Cymry'' ([[Welsh people]]) would unite behind the standard of David{{sfn|Wooding|2017|p=667}} to defeat the English; "''A lluman glân Dewi a ddyrchafant''" ("And they will raise the pure banner of Dewi").

David is said to have played a role in spreading Christianity on the continent, inspiring numerous place names in Brittany including [[Saint-Divy]], [[Saint-Yvi]] and [[Landivy]].

David's life and teachings have inspired a choral work by Welsh composer [[Karl Jenkins]], ''Dewi Sant''. It is a seven-movement work best known for the classical crossover series [[Adiemus (albums)|Adiemus]], which intersperses movements reflecting the themes of David's last sermon with those drawing from three Psalms. An [[oratorio]] by another Welsh composer [[Arwel Hughes]], also entitled ''Dewi Sant'', was composed in 1950.

Saint David is also thought to be associated with [[corpse candles]], lights that would warn of the imminent death of a member of the community. The story goes that David prayed for his people to have some warning of their death, so that they could prepare themselves. In a vision, David's wish was granted and told that from then on, people who lived in the land of Dewi Sant (Saint David) "would be forewarned by the dim light of mysterious tapers when and where the death might be expected". The colour and size of the tapers indicated whether the person to die would be a woman, man, or child.<ref>{{cite book|title=Folk-Lore and Folk-Stories of Wales|first=Marie |last=Trevelyan|location=London|orig-year= 1909|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=zmYHrsC6cYIC|page=178|isbn=978-0854099382|year=1973}}</ref>

He was also mentioned in Irish writings in connection with Irish saints.<ref>[http://www.omniumsanctorumhiberniae.com/2017/03/saint-david-in-irish-sources.html Jonathan M. Wooding, ‘The Figure of David’ in J. W. Evans and J.M. Wooding, eds., St David of Wales: cult, church and nation (Boydell, 2007), 11-12, Saint David in Irish Sources, Omnium Sanctorum Hiberniae]</ref>