tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6940451413653934974.post7372976169356130888..comments2023-12-04T10:56:04.192-06:00Comments on Our Lady's Tears: Saint WinifredSanctus Bellehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06189142564821094716noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6940451413653934974.post-62137540058866099772008-06-01T11:12:00.000-05:002008-06-01T11:12:00.000-05:00Thank you so much for your comment and information...Thank you so much for your comment and information Mary - I'll check your blog and keep this info handy for my visit to holywell.Sanctus Bellehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06189142564821094716noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6940451413653934974.post-25418152423678422772008-06-01T10:02:00.000-05:002008-06-01T10:02:00.000-05:00Hi, nothing obscure about Winifred in Wales-I also...Hi, nothing obscure about Winifred in Wales-I also carry her name and the Cardinal has just made a pilgrimage here. The whole shrine is magnificent-exactly as it was in Mediaeval times. The Tudors were related to relatives who thought highly of it, and St Winefride(or Gwenfrewi) generated so much cash they did not destroy it! The Bridgettine nuns have opened an inexpensive guest house nearby and the pilgrimages more popular than ever!There is a museum of the shrine, with all the crutches at the side and history. A gift shop, modern toilets and at the shrine a chapel, a large pool, where you can dip in any time (bring your own towel!) and a leaflet with instructions as to the ritual. My leg did get better for a while but has lapsed so I might go to the Latin Mass Society Pilgrimage in August. The inside of the shrine is lovely, with amny votive stands burning all the time. Yesterday my family were at the pilgrimage to Our Lady of Penrhys in the Rhondda-another mediaeval Shrine and the three intercessors were Our Lady, Help of Christians, St David of Wales and St Winefride.Out of interest, the programme from the 'Cadfael'series from ITV with Derek Jacobi called 'A Morbid Taste For bones' has the beatiful Welsh Saint's relics as a theme, and actually visits the country around Gwytherin, where she was born. She is closely connected with her Uncle St Beuno.<BR/><BR/>Both their lives are recorded in the Book of Cambro British Saints, Beuno being related to the King of Brecon (Brycheiniog-Welsh for Brecon!) You will find the history of the origins of the Catholic faith in Britain as a whole on this blog, because St Peter sent St Philip to Gaul after the Ascension, And Philip sent Joseph of Arimathea to Britain. They landed in Wales and were given land in Glastonbury, where they went next, bringing with them the Grail(the real one!-)<BR/><BR/>Please visit my blog , www.maryinmonmouth.blogspot.com for more obscure mediaeval saints and the maryinmonmouth podcast from iTunesMary in Monmouthhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15596900017760778602noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6940451413653934974.post-28611219140716444402008-05-26T22:39:00.000-05:002008-05-26T22:39:00.000-05:00I love hearing stories about obscure medieval sain...I love hearing stories about obscure medieval saints.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com