I have some thoughts on some other series of things I want to run. People seem to enjoy the #OldEnglish #WordOfTheDay and the #AngloSaxon #SaintOfTheWeek so here are a few more ideas.

I want to hear your thoughts and suggestions too, please boost and reply. It’s be great to hear from you.

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Saint Ƿærburh (Werburgh)d. 700, the patron saint of Chester. Her feast day is 3 February.

It has been said that her name means "true city", but a more accurate translation would be:

Ƿær: 1. truth ; faith 2. fidelity ; friendship 3. agreement ; promise

bur(h): an inner chamber / inner room

Inner Chamber of Faith/truth or "Body Filled with Faith".

She was born in Staffordshire in mid 7th century and was the granddaughter of King Penda of Mercia. She was the daughter of St Ermenilda (Next week's Sant of the Week).

She devoted herself Christ at an early age and entered the Abbey of Ely to become a nun. She became the fourth Abbess of Ely; she succeeded her mother Ermenilda, her grandmother Seaxburh, and great-aunt Etheldreda.

Come Miracles:
1. Ƿærburh commanded flock of geese causing havoc in the cornfields of Weedon. The command banished them and since then no geese have been seen in those parts.
2. She parted the River Dee at flood, to save the Earl of Chester
3. Her favourite goose, Greying was eaten and she revived him with just the left over bones
4. In 708 her brother King Coenred opened her grave and she was found to be miraculously intact -- a year later he abdicated and became a monk

There are ten churches in England dedicated to the saint.

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Today we are going to be talking about the enigmatic St Wite (aka Candida/Gwen/Blanche) of #Dorset (feast day of 1st June)

This #saint is venerated in both the Catholic and Orthodox traditions under her latin name "St Candida", but within the Anglican communion she is known as St Wite -- patron saint of Dorset.

This seems to be a reoccurring theme when it comes to the saints I speak about: Although we don't know a lot about her, her story has been passed down through the centuries though oral traditions. This history has been recorded by the local people Whitchurch Canonicorum (The village is named after their local saint)

Local tradition says that she lived as a hermitess on the rocky cliffs and would light beacons to guide sailors safely home. She was martyred by Danish #Vikings while defending the people of Dorset and #KingAlfred himself.

The Viking cut off the saint's head which rolled down the hill. When the head came to a stop, a miraculous spring appeared.The waters were said to cure blindness; the well (St Wife's Well) is in Morcombelake.

King Alfred built the church of St Candida in honour of her. It has the distinction of being one of only two in England to still have it's original shrine and holy relics still intact after #Reformation

Inside the shrine is a lead box with the inscription of Hic Reqesct Relique Sce Wite (Here rest the relics of St Wite)

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