Winefride, St
Winefride, St (7th century), Welsh virgin, supposedly killed by a rejected suitor and then raised from the dead to become a nun. The chapel and well at Holywell, where she is said to have been abbess, became an important pilgrimage centre. Her feast day is 3 November, and her translation is celebrated on 2 June.
In 1138 her relics were translated to the abbey of Shrewsbury, one account of which is given in the first of the popular Brother Cadfael mysteries by Ellis Peters.
In 1138 her relics were translated to the abbey of Shrewsbury, one account of which is given in the first of the popular Brother Cadfael mysteries by Ellis Peters.
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