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Urith

Anglo-Saxon saint

SaintDate unknown

Feast: 8 July (not on the universal Roman calendar; kept in the Roman Martyrology or local calendars)

Born
unknown
Died
unknown
Beatified
not on record
Canonised
not on record

Who they were

Urith (also known in Welsh as Iwerydd) was a Christian woman from the Westcountry of Great Britain who was alleged to have been martyred in the 8th century, and subsequently revered as a saint. The name was not uncommon in the English county of Devon. Her feast day is 8 July and her shrine is located in the North Devon village of Chittlehampton. Her name is also known in Latin as Hieritha and occasionally corrupted to Erth.

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The miracles

Limited information available on this saint.

Why that counted as sanctity

Limited information available on this saint.

Sources
  • Wikidata Q7900649 — dates, feast day and identifiers (CC0)
  • English Wikipedia — Urith (CC BY-SA)

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