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 (6)

Label Occurrences
Saint Swithun canonical 11
St Swithun 2
Swithun 2

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (49)

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

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 Catholic Church ⓘ
linked to: Roman Catholicism
diocese Diocese of Winchester ⓘ
era pre-Conquest England ⓘ
feastDay 15 July ⓘ
givenName Swithun ⓘ
linked to: Saint Swithun
hasVariantName Swithin ⓘ
Swithun of Winchester ⓘ
linked to: Saint Swithun
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 Wessex ⓘ
linked to: Kingdom of Wessex
placeOfDeath Winchester ⓘ
positionHeld Bishop of Winchester ⓘ
relicsTranslatedTo Winchester Cathedral ⓘ
religion Christianity ⓘ
translationOfRelicsDate 971 ⓘ
veneratedIn Anglican Communion ⓘ
Church of England ⓘ
Eastern Orthodox Church ⓘ
Roman Catholic Church ⓘ
linked to: Roman Catholicism

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (18)

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

Saint Swithun → givenName → Swithun ⓘ
linked to: Saint Swithun
Saint Swithun → hasVariantName → Swithun of Winchester ⓘ
linked to: Saint Swithun
Stavanger Cathedral → dedicatedTo → Saint Swithun ⓘ
St Swithun’s Quad → namedAfter → Saint Swithun ⓘ
Hinton Parva → parishChurchDedication → St Swithun ⓘ
linked to: Saint Swithun
Old Minster, Winchester → burialPlaceOf → Bishop Swithun of Winchester (relics) ⓘ
linked to: Saint Swithun
St Swithin's Church, Lincoln → namedAfter → Saint Swithun ⓘ
subject linked to: St Swithin's Church
St Swithin's Church, Lincoln → dedication → St Swithin ⓘ
subject linked to: St Swithin's Church
linked to: Saint Swithun
St Swithun's Church, Nately Scures, Hampshire, England → namedAfter → St Swithun ⓘ
linked to: Saint Swithun
St Swithun's Church → namedAfter → Saint Swithun ⓘ
Swithin → alternativeFormOf → Saint Swithun ⓘ
Saint Swithun → hasVariantName → Swithun ⓘ
subject linked to: Swithin
linked to: Saint Swithun