Saint
Theneva was a British princess, daughter of a British prince, Lothus
(from whom the
province of
Lothian was called). When
it was discovered that she had conceived out of wedlock, she was thrown from a
cliff. Unharmed at the bottom, she was then set adrift in a boat on the Firth
of Forth. It was
expected that she would die at sea, but God had other plans for the young
woman...
A
native of
Tarsus in
Cilicia,
Theodore was born about AD 602. Having studied in
Athens,
he visited
Rome
and, whilst there, was appointed by Pope Vitalian to the See of Canterbury,
which had been vacant for four years. Theodore arrived in
England in AD
669 and was well received everywhere. He was the first Archbishop whose
authority the whole
EnglishChurch was willing to
acknowledge...
Also know as Werburgh, Wereburga, Wereburg, Verbourg.
Benedictine, patroness of Chester, Abbess of Weedon, Trentham, Hanbury, Minster in Sheppy, and Ely, born in Staffordshire early in the seventh century; died at Trentham, 3 February, 699 or 700...
Born in Northumberland in 634, Saint Wilfrid was educated at Lindesfarne and then spent some time in Lyons and Rome. Returning to England, he was elected abbot of Ripon in 658 and introduced the Roman rules and practices in opposition to the celtic ways of northern England...
Bishop and
missionary. A native of
Wessex,
England,
he was the brother of Sts. Winebald and Walburga and was related through his
mother to the great St. Boniface...
In Welsh
her name is Gwenfrewi. She was the niece of the great Saint Beuno the
Wonderworker and she lived with her parents higher up the valley from his cell
and wattle chapel, on the hill where the parish church now stands. According
to tradition, Caradoc the son of a local chieftain sought refreshment from her
while out hunting and then attempted to seduce her. She repelled his advances
and ran towards her uncle's chapel for sanctuary...
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