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Detail of A Statue of Saint Frideswide Date And Artist Unknown Aisle Chapel of The Church of Saint North In The North Gate Oxford England Photographed On 30 November 2018 By Ethan Doyle White
Detail of A Statue of Saint Frideswide Date And Artist Unknown Aisle Chapel of The Church of Saint North In The North Gate Oxford England Photographed On 30 November 2018 By Ethan Doyle White

Saint Frideswide

Also known as: Fredeswida; Fredeswinda; Frévisse; Friday; Frideswida; Frideswith; Friðuswiþ; Fris; Fritheswithe; Frithuswith; Fridesvida

Saint
Pre-Congregation

Feast Day

19-Oct

Born

C.650 in the upper Thames region of England

Died

C.735 of natural causes; in 1561 Calfhill, Canon of Christ Church, desecrated and destroyed her relics

Canonized

Pre-Congregation

Biography

Saint Frideswide, daughter of Prince Didan, is venerated as the patron saint of Oxford and the University of Oxford. Born into nobility, she faced an arranged marriage proposal from Prince

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