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In Brittany is a chapel dedicated to S. David, at Saint 

 Dolay, in Morbihan. In Finisterre many churches and chapels 

 commemorate him ; such are Dirinon (where the Bretons hold 

 that S. Non is buried), Ploare, Plounevez-Porzay, Plouneour- 

 Menez, Pouldavid, Quimperle, S. Divy, S. Martin-de-Morlaix, 

 Scaer, Tremeven, &c. 



He is invoked in Brittany in children's maladies. His day 

 in the Sarum, Hereford, Welsh, and Eoman Calendars, is 

 March 1. 



The feast at Davidstow, is on June 24. 



The commemoration in Brittany is on July 10. 



He is there called variously Avit, Ivy, and Divy. 



He is represented as a bishop, with a dove whispering in 

 his ear; it is said in his "Life," that his fellow pupils often 

 observed such a bird, of golden hue, at his side. 



A leek is also his emblem, but there is nothing in his life 

 about leeks, and the emblem seems to have been transferred to 

 him from S. Patrick, who miraculously supplied the wife of 

 Ailill with them, and then declared that all women who ate leeks 

 would fare well in child-bearing.* 



As already said, the date of S. David's death is very 

 uncertain, and ranges from 544 or 550 to 601, which is the date 

 given in the " Annalea Camhrim,^'' but is there coupled with the 

 death of S Gregory, which was in 604. 



In the Chronicon Scotorum it is entered under 588. In the 

 "Life " it is said that the Saint died on a Tuesday, which fell 

 that year on the (kalends of March. This will suit 544 or 550. 



S. Day, Abbot, Confessor. 

 Day was a disciple of S. Winwaloe, and was doubtless 

 associated with him in founding houses in Cornwall in connexion 

 with his main establishment at Landevennec. There is a parish 

 called Loc-Tey in the diocese of Quimper that holds him as its 

 patron. He has chapels as well at Cleden-Cap-Sizun, Plouhinec, 



* Tripartite Life, p. 201, 



