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Wednesday, July 15, 2015
July 15 - Feast of St. Swithin
St. Swithin's Day in honor of an Anglo-Saxon bishop of Winchester who died in 862 AD. He served as bishop for the ten years before his death. St. Swithin came into legendary fame a hundred years after his death when the Winchester cathedral was restored and he was named the patron saint. He is best known for a weather legend:
St Swithun's day if thou dost rain
For forty days it will remain
St Swithun's day if thou be fair
For forty days 'twill rain nae mare
For this reason he has become the go to saint in times of drought.
St. Swithin's Day in honor of an Anglo-Saxon bishop of Winchester who died in 862 AD. He served as bishop for the ten years before his death. St. Swithin came into legendary fame a hundred years after his death when the Winchester cathedral was restored and he was named the patron saint. He is best known for a weather legend:
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