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Birinus, Saint
1910 New Catholic Dictionary
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(died 650) Confessor, apostle of Wessex, died Dorchester, England. A Benedictine monk at Rome, he was consecrated at Genoa by Archbishop Asterius of Milan and sent by Pope Honorius to spread the gospel in England. He arrived in Wessex, 634, and converted King Cynegils. He established his see at Dorcic, now Dorchester. Relics at Winchester, where numerous miracles have taken place. Feast, December 3,.
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Entry for 'Birinus, Saint'. 1910 New Catholic Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/dictionaries/eng/ncd/b/birinus-saint.html. 1910.
Entry for 'Birinus, Saint'. 1910 New Catholic Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/dictionaries/eng/ncd/b/birinus-saint.html. 1910.
