Winifred
7th-century Welsh saint · Lived 635 to 680 · aged 45
Winifred is read about 180 times a day, in 13 languages.
A typical day, 30 days to September 18, 2026
The middle day of the days counted, so one week of news cannot move it. The line under it is the last 60 days, one point a day.
Something wrong?Saint Winifred was a Welsh virgin martyr of the 7th century. Her story was celebrated as early as the 8th century, but became popular in England in the 12th, when her hagiography was first written down.
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Stained glass window depicting the martyrdom of Winefride (by Margaret Agnes Rope, west window, Shrewsbury Cathedral, 1910)
Part of the prologue of a life of St Winifred by Robert of Shrewsbury (Bodleian Mss. Laud c.94.)
St Winefride's Well in Holywell, one of the oldest continually visited pilgrimage sites in Britain
St Winifred's Well, a 14th-century former well chapel, Woolston, ShropshireAbout this person
Status
deceased
Dates
Lived 635 to 680 · aged 45
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