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Servers the sick - Saint Peter of Saint Joseph de Betancur [26] Shepherds - Bernadette of Lourdes, [5] Cuthbert, Cuthman, Dominic of Silos, Drogo of Sebourg, George, Germaine Cousin, Julian the Hospitaller, Raphael the Archangel, Regina, Solange; Shoemakers - Crispin, Gangulphus, Peter the Apostle, Theobald of Provins; Shorthand writers ...
Reflecting his Irish origins, his Scottish monasticism and his ministry to the English, Aidan has been proposed as a possible patron saint for the whole of the United Kingdom. [15] [16] Aidan is honored in the Church of England and in the Episcopal Church on 31 August. [17] [18] St Aidan's College of the University of Durham was named after Aidan.
The following list contains saints from Anglo-Saxon England during the period of Christianization until the Norman Conquest of England (c. AD 600 to 1066). It also includes British saints of the Roman and post-Roman period (3rd to 6th centuries), and other post-biblical saints who, while not themselves English, were strongly associated with particular religious houses in Anglo-Saxon England ...
The Order of the Garter is dedicated to the image and arms of Saint George, England's patron saint. Appointments are at the Sovereign 's sole discretion, typically made in recognition of national contribution, service to the Crown, or for distinguished personal service to the Monarch. [ 2 ]
England portal; Saints portal; Saints from England, or who lived in England, after 1066. For saints in or from England before 1066 see Category:Anglo-Saxon saints. For saints in or from areas which only later became part of England see. Category:Romano-British saints, Category:Northern Brythonic saints, Category:Southwestern Brythonic saints &
Bishop of Hexham. Considered a saint after death. 7 September [47] Ælfwald I of Northumbria: Northumbria died 788 King of Northumbria. Considered a saint at Hexham Abbey after murder. Willehad of Bremen: Northumbria 735—789 First Bishop of Bremen, missionary to the Saxons under Charlemagne. 13 July [48] Alkelda: Northumbria died 800
Dunstan became patron saint of English goldsmiths and silversmiths because he worked as a silversmith making church plate. The Eastern Orthodox Church and the Roman Catholic Church mark his feast day on 19 May. [3] Dunstan is also honoured in the Church of England and in the Episcopal Church on 19 May. [29] [30]
According to English, eventually, people who had forgotten or never learned the story began misinterpreting representations of it. That Saint Nicholas was shown with children led people to conclude he was the patron saint of children; meanwhile, the fact that he was shown with a barrel led people to conclude that he was the patron saint of brewers.