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Frideswide, Saint
1910 New Catholic Dictionary
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(c.650-735) Virgin, abbess. The daughter of the noble Didan, she fled to Oxford to escape marriage with King Algar. Her monastery was transformed into Christ Church College, and her church became Oxford cathedral. In 1561Calfhill, Canon of Christ Church, desecrated her relics, mingling them with those of a runaway nun. Patroness of Oxford. Feast, October 19,.
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Entry for 'Frideswide, Saint'. 1910 New Catholic Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/dictionaries/eng/ncd/f/frideswide-saint.html. 1910.
Entry for 'Frideswide, Saint'. 1910 New Catholic Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/dictionaries/eng/ncd/f/frideswide-saint.html. 1910.
