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Friday, May 3rd, 2024
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Swithin, St.
The Nuttall Encyclopedia
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Bishop of Winchester from 852 to 862; was buried by his own request in Winchester Churchyard, "where passers-by might tread above his head, and the dews of heaven fall on his grave." On his canonisation, a century after, the chapter resolved to remove his body to a shrine in the cathedral, but their purpose was hindered on account of a rain which lasted 40 days from the 15th July; hence the popular notion that if it rained that day it would be followed by rain for 40 days after.
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Wood, James, ed. Entry for 'Swithin, St.'. The Nuttall Encyclopedia. https://www.studylight.org/encyclopedias/eng/nut/s/swithin-st.html. Frederick Warne & Co Ltd. London. 1900.
Wood, James, ed. Entry for 'Swithin, St.'. The Nuttall Encyclopedia. https://www.studylight.org/encyclopedias/eng/nut/s/swithin-st.html. Frederick Warne & Co Ltd. London. 1900.
