Notice the bloody line around her neck in most of them.St. Winifred ~ Ora pro nobis!
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O Mary of Good Counsel, inflame the hearts of all who are devoted to you, so that all of them have shelter in you, O great Mother of God. O most worthy Lady, let everyone choose you as teacher and wise counselor of their souls, since you are, as Saint Augustine says, the counsel of the Apostles and counsel of all peoples. Amen+
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St. Winifred
Also St. Gwenfrewy or Winefride, she was the daughter of a Welsh nobleman, Tyfid ap Eiludd. Her suitor, Caradog, was enraged when she decided to become a nun, and decapitated her. Her head rolled downhill, and, where it stopped, a healing spring appeared. Winefride's head was subsequently rejoined to her body due to the efforts of her maternal uncle, Saint Beuno, and she was restored to life. She later became a nun and abbess at Gwytherin in Denbighshire, and Caradog, cursed by St. Beuno, melted into the ground. She died 660.
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Great Archangel, one of the seven who stand before the throne of the Most High. Patron of doctors, nurses and travellers. Read about him in the book of Tobit.
St. Edmund, Martyr & St. Edward Confessor
Medieval Kings of Catholic England. Both are patron saints of England and the English monarchy, despite the fact that these holy men were boldly and singularly CATHOLIC, St. Edmund on the left having died for his faith, bravely calling the name Jesus as he was tortured. Both are excellent models of masculine strength coupled with great faith. I am a great admirer of them both.
St. Benedict
Founder of the great Benedictine order, founder of Western Monastacism, Abbott of Monte Cassino and namesake of our current Holy Father. St. Benedict designed the famous St. Benedict medal which is the most highly indulgenced sacramental of the church and a powerful weapon against evil. St. Benedict is especially powerful against the enemy at the hour of death.
St. Thomas More
Catholic Martyr of England, killed by King Henry VIII for refusing to sign the document which placed England in schism from Rome and making the King the head of the Church of England. Thomas More was a lawyer, a husband and loving father. You can see in this image at the wrists a small amount of white material? That is his hairshirt.
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2 comments:
I really like the art nouveau stained glass of St. Winifred. Winifred is a big family name on my mother's side, but has fallen out of favor. My family stopped using it about a generation ago and I can't say that it was one of the names I considered for my daughter :)
Hi Sanctus-from Mary in Monmouth
I am planning to visit St Gwenfrewi's Well on the weekend. I am also hoping to see Gwytherin-where she was born and originally buried and where she was abbess of the clas monastery there. There is only an Anglican church there now from the nineteenth century replacing the earlier one. Returning we will visit St Aasaph's Cathedral. We are staying with the Bridgettines. I am planning some blogs on it and also a podcast of my impressions under MaryinMonmouth-free from iTunes. Finally there will be some pictures. Of course , if it snows we will be stuck of course as Gwytherin is right in the mountains.On Sunday morning at 11 is a Traditional Tridentine Mass at the Shrine Chapel, which I also hope to record for everyone!
Anyway hope you are blessed as I will be.Mother Julia at Ave Maria House will be pleased to offer accommodation to anyone visiting the Shrine. Always strange as I was named Winifred as a baby and did not like the name as it was Old Fashioned, and yet- I was received into the Catholic Church at a church called 'St Winifride', who remains one of the three great saints of Wales, who has responded to so many Faithful who have wanted healing at the shrine-which is a beautiful mediaeval building.
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