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Saint Egwin of Worcester

Saint Egwin of Worcester Also known as

Egwin of Evesham
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30 December
10 September (translation of his relics)
11 January (translation of his relics)

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English nobility, and the descendant of Mercian kings. Consecrated to God in his youth. Benedictine monk. Bishop of Worcester, England from 692 to 711.

There was a need in his diocese for some reform, but Egwin let it get out of hand, and he was charged with being too severe with his priests. To answer the charges, give everyone a chance to cool off, and show his repentance for any harm done, he made a penitial pilgrimage to Rome. Legend says that he locked his feet in shackles and threw the key into the River Avon; when he arrived in Rome the key was miraculously found in the belly of a fish he bought in the market.

Founded the Benedictine monastery of Evesham, England; the site was chosen because of an apparition of the Virgin Mary to a local herdsman. It became one of the great Benedictine houses of the Middle Ages.

Born

7th century England

Died

30 December 717 of natural causes
buried at the monastery at Evesham, England
relics translated for veneration in 1039
relics translated again in 1077 when they were taken on tour throughout the region which drew enough donations to rebuild the monastery church