St Davids cathedral was attacked and partially plundered in 878, the same year Rhodri Mawr was killed fighting the Mercians. The Norse exploited the political chaos following Rhodri death to strike at the most prestigious religious site in Wales. The raid was part of a sustained Norse campaign against the Pembrokeshire and south-west Welsh coast that would recur throughout the ninth and tenth centuries.
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