Swithun
- a variation of Swithin.
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St Swithun - the bishop of Winchester who died in 863 and became the cathedral's patron saint a century after his death.
From BBC ● May 17, 2019
“Cheaper input costs will allow Russia to export at more competitive prices to the Mediterranean and beyond,” said Swithun Still, a trader at Switzerland’s Alegrow SA.
From BusinessWeek ● Sep. 28, 2011
The South Aisle.—The window in the western wall contains a figure of St. Swithun, in cope and mitre.
From Bell's Cathedrals: Southwark Cathedral Formerly the Collegiate Church of St. Saviour, Otherwise St. Mary Overie. A Short History and Description of the Fabric, with Some Account of the College and the See by Worley, George
We learn that the city was ravaged by the Danes two years after the death of S. Swithun, but the cathedral itself appears fortunately to have escaped damage.
From Bell's Cathedrals: The Cathedral Church of Winchester A Description of Its Fabric and a Brief History of the Episcopal See by Sergeant, Philip Walsingham
A figure representing S. Swithun seems once to have stood in a niche at the apex of the gable of the west front.
From Bell's Cathedrals: The Cathedral Church of Winchester A Description of Its Fabric and a Brief History of the Episcopal See by Sergeant, Philip Walsingham
