Swithun
Sign in to saveSwithun (or Swithin; ; ; died 2 July 863) was an Anglo-Saxon bishop of Winchester and subsequently patron saint of Winchester Cathedral. His historical importance as bishop is overshadowed by his reputation for posthumous miracle-working.
Key facts
- Saint.honorific_prefix
- Saint
- Saint.name
- Swithun
- Saint.feast_day
- 2 July (Norway)15 July (England)
- Saint.venerated_in
- Catholic ChurchAnglican CommunionEastern Orthodox Church
- Saint.image
- St Swithun, Benedictional of Æthelwold, London, BL, Ms Add. 19598, Fol 90V.jpg
- Saint.imagesize
- 200px
- Saint.caption
- Portrait of St Swithun in the Benedictional of St Æthelwold, c. 970s
- Saint.death_place
- Winchester, Hampshire
- Saint.titles
- Bishop of Winchester
- Saint.attributes
- Bishop, holding a bridge, broken eggs at his feet
- Saint.patronage
- Hampshire; Winchester; Southwark; the weather
- Saint.major_shrine
- Winchester Cathedral. Parts survive in cathedral museum. Also modern replacement shrine.
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- Biography
- In legend
- Veneration
- Patronage
- Legacy
- Proverb
- See also
- References
- Notes
- Bibliography
- Further reading
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Swithun (or Swithin; ; ; died 2 July 863) was an Anglo-Saxon bishop of Winchester and subsequently patron saint of Winchester Cathedral. His historical importance as bishop is overshadowed by his reputation for posthumous miracle-working.
==Biography== Swithun was Bishop of Winchester from his consecration on 30 October 852 until his death on 2 July 863. However, he is scarcely mentioned in any document of his own time. His death is entered in the Canterbury manuscript of the Anglo-Saxon Chronicle (MS F) under the year 861. He is recorded as a witness to nine charters, the earliest of which (S 308) is dated 854.