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Botwine
8th-century Christian saint
SaintPre-congregation
Born
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unknown
Died
780
Beatified
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not needed: before formal processes
Canonised
By tradition
recognised before formal processes began
Who they were
Botwine (died 785 or 786) was a Northumbrian saint venerated at Ripon and Peterborough. He is well documented as a priest, and latter Abbot of Ripon.
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The miracles
Limited information available on this saint.
Why that counted as sanctity
Limited information available on this saint.
Connected on this site
- Oswald of Worcester Saint“The late 10th- and early 11th-century writer Byrhtferth of Ramsey in his Vita sancti Oswaldi claimed that Oswald of Worcester, Archbishop of York, discovered Botwine's relics at the monastery of Ripon.” — Wikipedia