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Britain - Photo and History Pages SOUTHERN AND SOUTH WEST ENGLAND Paradoxplace BRITISH ABBEYS AND CATHEDRALS
Winchester Cathedral
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Winchester's pre-Henry VIII shrine (and Benedictine monastery) was dedicated to Saint Swithun (aka Swithin), a rather obscure local Saint who performed but one recorded miracle in his lifetime during the 800s - he restored an old woman's dropped basket of eggs. But he made up for this by the number of miracles which emanated from his shrine later, partly attributed to an access arrangement which allowed pilgrims to crawl through a tunnel under his relics. On the night of 21 September 1538, the shrine was demolished by officers from Henry VIII's Commission for the Destruction of Shrines. |
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