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

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

Died

  • martyred 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

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