Saint Candida of Whitchurch

Also known as

• Hwitn of Whitchurch
• White of Whitchurch
• Whyte of Whitchurch
• Wite of Whitchurch
• Wite of Whitchurch Canonicorum
• Witt of Whitchurch

Memorial

• 1 June

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Martyred by pagan Danes. There is a holy well devoted to her at nearby Morcombe Lake.

Died

• in Dorset, England
• relics still exist in their shrine at Whitchurch Canonicorum, Dorset; believed to be the only relics in a parish church that survived the Protestant Reformation

Canonized

• Pre-Congregation

Additional Information

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

MLA Citation

• “Saint Candida of Whitchurch”. Saints.SQPN.com. 17 November 2012. Web. 19 May 2013. <http://saints.sqpn.com/saint-candida-of-whitchurch/>