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Egwin of Evesham

Bishop of Worcester

SaintResearchedKingdom of MerciaBenedictinesPre-congregation

Feast: 30 December (not on the universal Roman calendar; kept in the Roman Martyrology or local calendars)

Born

700

Died

720

verified

Beatified

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not needed: before formal processes

Canonised

By tradition

recognised before formal processes began

Who they were

Egwin, a prince of the royal blood of Mercia who had sought the religious life, was made Bishop of Worcester by popular acclaim about 692. His zeal for Christian marriage and the chastity of the clergy soon made him enemies.

He founded the great Abbey of Evesham, and on his second pilgrimage to Rome, about 709, obtained special privileges for it from Pope Constantine. He died about 720.

The miracles

There was never a formal cause: he has been honoured as a saint since before the Church's formal processes began.

Why that counted as sanctity

A prince-bishop who founded Evesham and preached Christian morals without fear.

Sources

Catholic Encyclopedia (1913), via New Advent - St. Egwin
Wikidata Q515156 — dates, feast day and identifiers (CC0)
English Wikipedia — Egwin of Evesham (CC BY-SA)

Checked against the sources listed on 21 September 2026. Corrections welcome.