Saint Botwid

Also known as

• Botuid
• Botuidus
• Botvid
• Botwinus

Memorial

• 28 July

Profile

Raised a pagan in Sweden. Converted to Christianity in England, and then returned home as a missionary. Murdered by an apostate Finnish pagan whom he had instructed in the faith. Martyr.

Born

• province of Sudermannland, Sweden

Died

• 1120
• buried at Botkirk, Sudermannland, Sweden

Additional Information

• Book of Saints, by the Monks of Ramsgate
• New Catholic Dictionary
• Our Sunday Visitor’s Encyclopedia of Saints

MLA Citation

• “Saint Botwid”. Saints.SQPN.com. 6 September 2012. Web. 20 June 2013. <http://saints.sqpn.com/saint-botwid/>