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Juthwara

British martyr

SaintDate unknown

Feast: 18 November (not on the universal Roman calendar; kept in the Roman Martyrology or local calendars)

Born
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Died
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Beatified
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Canonised
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Who they were

Juthwara or Jutwara was a virgin and martyr from Dorset. According to her legend, she was an eighth-century Saxon, and sister to Sidwell, though some historians have theorised she was a Briton living in the sixth century. Her relics were translated to Sherborne during the reign of Ethelred the Unready. Nothing further is known with certainty about her life.

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The miracles

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Why that counted as sanctity

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Connected on this site

  • Paul Aurelian Saint
    “Those who prefer a 6th-century British origin have hypothesised her as sister to Paul Aurelian and Wulvela, though this is debated.” — Wikipedia
Sources
  • Wikidata Q16200140 — dates, feast day and identifiers (CC0)
  • English Wikipedia — Juthwara (CC BY-SA)

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