Saint Oswald of Worcester

Memorial

• 28 February
• 15 October

Profile

Oswald’s parents came from Denmark to England before his birth. The boy was educated by his uncle, Saint Odo the Good. Priest in the diocese of Winchester, England. Benedictine monk at Fleury-sur-Loire, France. Bishop of Worcester, England in 962. Worked with Saint Dunstan and Saint Ethelwold to revive monastic and ecclesiastical discipline in England. Founded the abbey at Ramsey, and the monastery at Winchester. Archbishop of York in 972. Wrote theological treatises, and worked for the improved theological training of his clergy. Daily washed the feet of poor people.

Died

• 29 February 992 of natural causes

Representation

• church
• demon
• dove
• ship
• stone

Additional Information

• Book of Saints, by the Monks of Ramsgate
• Britannia Biographies
• Catholic Encyclopedia
• Catholic Online
• Lives of the Saints, by Father Alban Butler
• Medieval Religion Listserv, by John Dillon
• New Catholic Dictionary
• Our Sunday Visitor’s Encyclopedia of Saints, by Matthew Bunson, Margaret Bunson, and Stephen Bunson
• Wikipedia

MLA Citation

• “Saint Oswald of Worcester“. Saints.SQPN.com. 28 February 2013. Web. 22 May 2013. <>