Wigstan
Sign in to saveWigstan (, ; died c. 840 AD), also known as Saint Wystan, was the son of Wigmund of Mercia and Ælfflæd, daughter of King Ceolwulf I of Mercia.
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Key facts
- Saint.honorific_prefix
- Saint
- Saint.name
- Wigstan (Wystan, Wistan)
- Saint.feast_day
- 1 June
- Saint.honored_in
- Roman Catholic ChurchAnglican CommunionEastern Orthodox Church
- Saint.titles
- Martyr
- Saint.major_shrine
- Evesham Abbey (destroyed)
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Kingdom of Mercia
- Father
- Wigmund of Mercia
- Mother
- Ælfflæd of Mercia
- Occupation
- monarch
- Position held
- monarch
- Noble title
- prince
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- date of death
- 0849-00-00
- ethnic group
- Angles
- canonization status
- saint
- place of burial
- Evesham Abbey
- feast day
- June 1
- manner of death
- homicide
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Encyclopedic overview
7 sectionsContents
- History
- Veneration
- St Wistan’s Way
- See also
- Notes
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Wigstan (, ; died c. 840 AD), also known as Saint Wystan, was the son of Wigmund of Mercia and Ælfflæd, daughter of King Ceolwulf I of Mercia.
==History== thumb|right|The crypt in St Wystan's Church, Repton, [[Derbyshire, where Wigstan was originally buried]]
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