St Frideswide

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St Frideswide is the patron saint of Oxford, a 7th–8th century Anglo-Saxon abbess venerated for her piety, miracles, and the religious community she founded there.

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St Frideswide Shrine 1

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Anglo-Saxon abbess
Christian saint
alsoKnownAs Frideswida NERFINISHED
Frideswith NERFINISHED
Frithuswith NERFINISHED
associatedWith Christ Church, Oxford NERFINISHED
Oxford’s civic identity
centuryOfBirth 7th century
centuryOfDeath 8th century
commemoratedBy St Frideswide’s Church, Oxford NERFINISHED
St Frideswide’s Priory (medieval) in Oxford NERFINISHED
St Frideswide’s Way and other place names in Oxford
countryOfCitizenship Kingdom of the West Saxons NERFINISHED
cultDeveloped Middle Ages
ethnicGroup Anglo-Saxon NERFINISHED
feastDay 12 October (some Anglican calendars)
19 October
hasHagiography Middle English life of St Frideswide NERFINISHED
medieval Latin lives of St Frideswide
hasIconographicAttribute abbess’s staff
book
crown at her feet or being rejected
spring or well
hasLegend healing miracles at her shrine
miraculous escape from a pursuing king
miraculous spring associated with her flight
hasMainTemple Christ Church Cathedral, Oxford NERFINISHED
hasPlaceInMythology local saintly protector of Oxford
hasShrine Shrine of St Frideswide at Christ Church Cathedral, Oxford NERFINISHED
honorificPrefix Saint
influenced medieval religious life in Oxford
languageOfEarlySources Latin
Middle English
notableFor founding a religious community in Oxford
miracles
piety
notableWork foundation of a religious community at Oxford
founding of a monastery at Oxford
occupation abbess
nun
patronage Oxford University (traditional local devotion) NERFINISHED
patronOf Oxford NERFINISHED
placeOfVeneration Oxford NERFINISHED
positionHeld abbess of Oxford
religion Christianity
sexOrGender female
veneratedIn Anglican Communion
Eastern Orthodox Christianity
surface form: Eastern Orthodox Church

Roman Catholicism
surface form: Roman Catholic Church

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Christ Church Cathedral dedicatedTo St Frideswide
Christ Church Cathedral notableFeature St Frideswide
this entity surface form: St Frideswide Shrine