Saint Wigstan

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Saint Wigstan was a 9th-century Anglo-Saxon prince and martyr venerated in medieval England, particularly associated with the royal house of Mercia.

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Label Occurrences
Saint Wigstan canonical 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Anglo-Saxon prince
Christian martyr
Mercian royal
alsoKnownAs Winston NERFINISHED
Wystan NERFINISHED
associatedWithPlace Evesham Abbey NERFINISHED
Repton NERFINISHED
Wistow, Leicestershire NERFINISHED
centuryOfActivity 9th century
commemoratedBy churches dedicated to Saint Wystan
commemoratedIn medieval English hagiographies
countryOfCitizenship Kingdom of Mercia NERFINISHED
countryOfDeath Kingdom of Mercia NERFINISHED
ethnicGroup Anglo-Saxons NERFINISHED
givenName Wigstan NERFINISHED
hasCauseOfDeath murder
hasCultCentre Evesham Abbey NERFINISHED
Repton NERFINISHED
Wistow NERFINISHED
hasFather Wigmund of Mercia NERFINISHED
hasFeastDay 1 June
hasGrandfather Wiglaf of Mercia NERFINISHED
hasLegend healing miracles at his shrine
miraculous light over his burial place
hasMother Ælfflæd of Mercia NERFINISHED
hasOccupation royal heir
hasRelative Beorhtfrith NERFINISHED
isHeirOf Wiglaf of Mercia NERFINISHED
killedBy Beorhtfrith NERFINISHED
languageOfName Old English
mannerOfDeath assassination
memberOf Mercian royal house NERFINISHED
notableFor martyrdom following dynastic dispute
refusal to accept the Mercian throne
patronage Wigston NERFINISHED
Wistow NERFINISHED
placeOfBirth Mercia NERFINISHED
placeOfDeath Wistow NERFINISHED
positionHeld Mercian prince
relicsTranslatedTo Evesham Abbey NERFINISHED
Repton NERFINISHED
religion Christianity
veneratedIn Anglican Communion
Eastern Orthodox Christianity
surface form: Eastern Orthodox Church

Roman Catholicism
surface form: Roman Catholic Church

medieval England

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Wystan nameDayAssociatedSaint Saint Wigstan