Oct 282008
![[David]](http://saints.sqpn.com/saintd22.jpg "20kb jpg detail from an illumination on parchment by André Beauneveu, 1402, Bibliothèque Nationale, Paris")
- 29 December
- 19 December in the Greek Church as part of the celebration of Jesus’ ancestors
Profile
King of Judah and Israel. Founder of the Judean dynasty at Jerusalem. National hero as a youth, soldier, reformer, father, writer, sinner, and penitent. See 1 and 2 Kings, 1 and 2 Samuel, 1 and 2 Chronicles.
Born
- c.1085 BC at Bethlehem
- c.1015 BC at Jerusalem
Additional Information
- Catholic Encyclopedia
- Golden Legend, by Jacobus de Voragine
- New Catholic Dictionary
- Book of Saints, by the Monks of Ramsgate
- Our Sunday Visitor’s Encyclopedia of Saints, by Matthew Bunson, Margaret Bunson, and Stephen Bunson
MLA Citation
- “King David”. Saints.SQPN.com. 3 April 2010. Web. {today’s date}. <http://saints.sqpn.com/king-david/>