King David
![[David]](saintd22.jpg "20kb jpg detail from an illumination on parchment by André Beauneveu, 1402, Bibliothèque Nationale, Paris; please do not write to ask about the image")
- Memorial
- 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
- Died
- c.1015 BC at Jerusalem
- Canonized
- Pre-Congregation
- Patronage
- poets
- Additional Information
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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
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