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More than 5000 entries on the history, culture and life of Britain (published in 1993 by Macmillan, now out of print)
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St David
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(6C) The patron saint of Wales, about whom very little is known except that he established several Welsh monasteries. His headquarters, where he was both abbot and bishop, was at Mynyw, now *St David's. His feast day, March 1, is celebrated as Wales's national day, when it is traditional to wear the national *emblem of a leek, or in some cases recently a daffodil.
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David I (c.1084–1153) King of Scotland from 1124. The youngest son of *Malcolm III and Margaret, he succeeded his brother *Alexander I. He grew up at the English court of *Henry I, who had married his sister, and he introduced Norman-French culture to Scotland, giving lands in the Lowlands to many Norman barons. He went to war unsuccessfully against Stephen on behalf of his niece *Matilda. At home his foundation of numerous abbeys and priories caused him to be venerated later in Scotland as a saint. He married Matilda, daughter of the earl of Northumbria; his sons died before him and he was succeeded by a grandson, *Malcolm IV (see the *royal house of Scotland).
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