FEBRUARY 29 - SAINT OSWALD
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28 February (non-leap years)
29 February (in leap years)
15 October
Profile
Oswald’s parents came from Denmark to England before his birth. The boy was educated by his uncle, Saint Odo the Good. Priest in the diocese of Winchester, England. Benedictine monk at Fleury-sur-Loire, France. Bishop of Worcester, England in 962. Worked with Saint Dunstan and Saint Ethelwold to revive monastic and ecclesiastical discipline in England. Founded the abbey at Ramsey, and the monastery at Winchester. Archbishop of York in 972. Wrote theological treatises, and worked for the improved theological training of his clergy. Daily washed the feet of poor people.
Died
29 February 992 of natural causes
Patronage
in England
Ramsey Abbey
Worcester
York
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