Egwin of Evesham (died 30 December 717) was a Benedictine monk and, later, the third Bishop of Worcester in England. He is venerated as a saint in the...
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Evesham Abbey was founded by Saint Egwin at Evesham in Worcestershire, England between 700 and 710 following an alleged vision of the Virgin Mary by a...
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Battle of Evesham. Evesham is derived from the Old English homme or ham, and Eof, the name of a swineherd in the service of Egwin, third Bishop of Worcester...
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December 30 (redirect from Sixth Day of Christmas)
Writer Anysia of Salonika Egwin of Evesham Frances Joseph-Gaudet (Episcopal Church) Liberius of Ravenna Pope Felix I Ralph of Vaucelles Roger of Cannae December...
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is regarded as the patron saint of boundaries, and by extension, of trade and travel, as well as various aspects of farming. His feast day is celebrated...
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Anglo-Saxon England and the abbot of Saint Peter's and Saint Paul's in Canterbury. He was a noted teacher and commentator of the Bible. Adrian was born between...
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vision of the Virgin Mary at Evesham in England, about 701. Eof related this vision to Egwin, Bishop of Worcester, who founded the great Evesham Abbey...
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774) Princess Inoe of Japan (d. 775) Rabia Basri, Muslim Sufi mystic and saint (d. 801) December 30 – Egwin of Evesham, bishop of Worcester Basil Onomagoulos...
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Dachuna (category Female saints of medieval Cornwall)
from the list of resting-places of Hugh Candidus, authored around 1155. Dachuna, along with Medan and Credan, were allegedly associates of Saint Petroc...
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Æthelthryth (redirect from Etheldreda of Ely)
in Suffolk. She was one of the four saintly daughters of Anna of East Anglia, including Wendreda and Seaxburh of Ely, all of whom eventually retired from...
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Edward the Martyr (category Year of birth uncertain)
(c. 962 – 18 March 978) was King of the English from 8 July 975 until he was killed in 978. He was the eldest son of King Edgar (r. 959–975). On Edgar's...
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collection of miracles of the Virgin - Miracula Beatae Virginis Mariae. The Vita Sancti Egwini, or Life of Saint Egwin, was a history of Evesham's founder...
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Abbatiae de Evesham or Chronicle of the Abbey of Evesham, sometimes the Evesham Chronicle, is a medieval chronicle written at and about Evesham Abbey in...
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Saint Neot (monk) (redirect from Life of Neot)
Neot (died 31 July 877) was an English monk. Born in the first half of the ninth century, he lived as a monk at Glastonbury Abbey. He preferred to perform...
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Lady of Evesham, associated with Egwin of Evesham at Evesham Our Lady of Canterbury, associated with Dunstan and Anselm at Canterbury Our Lady of London...
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Kyneburga, Kyneswide and Tibba (category Female saints of medieval England)
Kyneburga, Kyneswide and Tibba were female members of the royal family of Mercia in 7th-century England. They are venerated as saints. Kyneburga (d. c...
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Saint symbolism: Saints (A–H) (category Lists of saints)
Katherine (March 1999). "Dubricius". Saint of the Day, November 14. Retrieved March 2, 2012. "Egwin of Worcester". Patron Saints. Archived from the...
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population of 2,360 for the parish. The first known reference to the village was the granting of a Charter to Abbot Egwin, later Saint Egwin, of Evesham Abbey...
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Railway Adventure (formerly the Evesham Vale Light Railway) is a 15 in (381 mm) gauge railway that operates in Evesham Country Park in Worcestershire,...
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son of Malcolm III of Scotland Egwin of Evesham, related to Mercian royalty, Benedictine and Bishop of Worcester. Elgiva of Wessex, queen, wife of English...
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Eadburh of Bicester (also Eadburth, or Edburg, death c. 650) was an English nun, abbess, and saint from the 7th century. She has been called a "bit of a mystery";...
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Lawrence's Church is a redundant Anglican church in the centre of the town of Evesham, Worcestershire, England. It is recorded in the National Heritage...
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who became queen of Kent. She enabled the 597 Gregorian mission, led by Augustine, which resulted in the conversion to Christianity of Anglo-Saxon England...
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of King Edward the Elder of England and his third wife, Eadgifu of Kent. She lived most of her life as a nun known for her singing ability. Most of the...
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(or 717) 717 December 30 – Egwin of Evesham, bishop of Worcester Basil Onomagoulos, Byzantine usurper Eadwulf I, king of Northumbria Isonokami no Maro...
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Saint Burchard of Würzburg (in German Burkard or Burkhard) was an Anglo-Saxon missionary who became the first Bishop of Würzburg (741–751). Burchard was...
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On the Resting-Places of the Saints is a heading given to two early medieval pieces of writing, also known as Þá hálgan and the Secgan, which exist in...
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Saint Blida (category Saints of Norfolk)
mother of Saint Walstan, whose cult was celebrated during the Middle Ages in the English county of Norfolk. She is associated with the Norfolk village of Martham...
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Hereford". The parish was given by the 8th-century Bishop Egwin of Evesham, to the monastery of Evesham. Willersley and Winforton, as two separate but correlated...
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David of Munktorp (David av Munktorp) was an Anglo-Saxon Cluniac monk of the 11th century. David was sent as a missionary to Sweden by Saint Sigfrid of Växjö...
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