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Botwine

8th-century Christian saint

SaintPre-congregation
Born
unknown
Died
780
Beatified
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

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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
Sources
  • Wikidata Q4949196 — dates, feast day and identifiers (CC0)
  • English Wikipedia — Botwine (CC BY-SA)

Not yet written up in full: no Church source with an account of this person has been found yet. The name, dates and step come from Wikidata and are not yet checked against Church records.

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