Gwenfrewi
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Gwenfrewi — See Winifred … Who’s Who in Christianity
Winifred [Gwenfrewi] — (d. c. 650) Saint. According to legend, Winifred was a beautiful young woman who was courted by Prince Caradon of Hawarden. She refused his advances and, in his anger, he killed her. She was miraculously restored to life by her uncle St… … Who’s Who in Christianity
Holywell — • Two documents of the twelfth century, preserved in the British Museum, and printed by the Bollandists, give its history, with the earliest record of the miraculous cures effected by its waters Catholic Encyclopedia. Kevin Knight. 2006. Holywell … Catholic encyclopedia
Winifred — f English and Welsh: from the Welsh personal name GWENFREWI (SEE Gwenfrewi), altered by association with the Old English name elements wynn joy + frið peace. In Ireland and Scotland it has been used as an Anglicized form of ÚNA (SEE Úna) and Ùna … First names dictionary
List of Cornish saints — Flag of St Piran, used as a flag of Cornwall This is a list of Cornish saints, including saints more loosely associated with Cornwall: many of them will have links to sites elsewhere in regions with significant ancient British history, such as… … Wikipedia
Winefride — Infobox Saint name=Saint Winifred birth date= death date=c. 660 feast day=3 November venerated in=Orthodox Church; Roman Catholic Church; Anglican Communion imagesize=300px caption=St Winifred s Well, Woolston, Shropshire birth place=Flintshire… … Wikipedia
Medieval Welsh literature — History of Literature Bronze Age literature Sumerian Egyptian Akkadian Classical literatures … Wikipedia
Winifred — ist ein weiblicher Vorname. Inhaltsverzeichnis 1 Herkunft und Bedeutung des Namens 2 Namenstag 3 Namensträgerinnen 4 Varianten … Deutsch Wikipedia
Winifred — noun ; the English form of Gwenfrewi. See Also: Winnie … Wiktionary
Christianity in Cornwall — Remains of St Piran s Old Church, Perranzabuloe … Wikipedia
