Saint Swithun

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Saint Swithun was a 9th-century Anglo-Saxon bishop of Winchester and later venerated Christian saint, traditionally associated with weather lore and the famous legend that his feast day’s weather predicts the following forty days.

All labels observed (3)

Label Occurrences
Saint Swithun canonical 4
Swithun 1
Swithun of Winchester 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Anglo-Saxon bishop
Bishop of Winchester
Christian saint
English Roman Catholic saint
medieval English bishop
appointedBy Egbert of Wessex
surface form: King Egbert of Wessex

Æthelwulf, King of Wessex
surface form: King Æthelwulf of Wessex
associatedWith Anglo-Saxon England
Winchester
burialPlace Old Minster, Winchester
centuryOfActivity 9th century
commemoratedOn 15 July (Western tradition)
2 July (some Eastern calendars)
countryOfCitizenship Kingdom of Wessex
cultDeveloped 10th century
dateOfDeath circa 862
deathCause natural causes
denomination Anglican Communion
Roman Catholicism
surface form: Roman Catholic Church
diocese Diocese of Winchester
era pre-Conquest England
feastDay 15 July
givenName Saint Swithun self-linksurface differs
surface form: Swithun
hasVariantName Swithin
Saint Swithun self-linksurface differs
surface form: Swithun of Winchester
honorificPrefix Saint
iconographicAttribute bishop’s crozier
rain or clouds
influenced English weather proverbs
languageOfName Old English
laterBurialPlace Winchester Cathedral
legend Weather on his feast day is said to continue for forty days
majorShrine Old Minster, Winchester
Winchester Cathedral
notableFor legend of forty days of weather
weather lore
patronage Winchester
rain
weather
placeOfBirth Kingdom of Wessex
surface form: Wessex
placeOfDeath Winchester
positionHeld Bishop of Winchester
relicsTranslatedTo Winchester Cathedral
religion Christianity
translationOfRelicsDate 971
veneratedIn Anglican Communion
Church of England
Eastern Orthodox Christianity
surface form: Eastern Orthodox Church

Roman Catholicism
surface form: Roman Catholic Church

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Saint Swithun givenName Saint Swithun self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Swithun
Saint Swithun hasVariantName Saint Swithun self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Swithun of Winchester
Stavanger Cathedral dedicatedTo Saint Swithun
St Swithun’s Quad namedAfter Saint Swithun