Birino di Dorchester

Also known as Saint Birinus, St. Birinus, Birinus of Dorchester

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Christian leader.honorific_prefix: Saint
Christian leader.name: Birinus
Christian leader.image: Saint Birinus.jpg
Christian leader.caption: Stained glass window of Birinus at Dorchester Abbey
Christian leader.title: Bishop of Dorchester
Christian leader.appointed: before 634
Christian leader.ended: 3 December 649
Christian leader.predecessor: diocese established
Christian leader.successor: Agilbertus
Christian leader.death_date: 3 December 649 or 650
Christian leader.birth_place: Francia
Christian leader.death_place: Dorchester, Wessex (England)
Christian leader.feast_day: 3 December (Catholic) 4 September (Anglican)
Christian leader.venerated: Roman Catholic ChurchEastern Orthodox Church Anglican Communion
Christian leader.attributes: Bishop, sometimes baptising a king
Christian leader.patronage: Berkshire; Dorchester
Christian leader.shrine: Dorchester Abbey, now destroyed. Small parts survive. Modern replica now in place. (Or Winchester Cathedral, now destroyed.)
Christian leader.consecrated_by: Asterius of Milan

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Instance of: human
Gender: male
Citizenship: Francia
Place of birth: France
Place of death: Dorchester
Occupation: Catholic priest
Religion: Catholic Church
Image: Bernius stained glass Dorchester cropped.jpg
Work location: Lombardy

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canonization status: saint
Commons category: Birinus
date of death: 0651-12-03
date of birth: 0600-01-01
feast day: December 3

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Birino di Dorchester (Francia, 600 – Dorchester, 3 dicembre 649 o 650) fu il primo vescovo di Dorchester, nell'Oxfordshire, è considerato l'evangelizzatore dei Sassoni. È venerato come santo dalla chiesa cattolica e da quella anglicana.

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