Saint Botwid
- Also known as
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Botuid
Botuidus
Botwinus
- Memorial
- 28 July
- Profile
- Raised a pagan.
Converted to Christianity in England, and then return to Sweden as a missionary.
Murdered by an apostate pagan whom he had instructed in the faith, but who had turned against Christianity.
Martyr.
- Born
- province of Sudermannland, Sweden
- Died
- martyred in 1120;
buried at Botkirk, Sudermannland, Sweden
- Canonized
- Pre-Congregation
- Additional Information
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New Catholic Dictionary
Book of Saints, by the Monks of Ramsgate
Our Sunday Visitor's Encyclopedia of Saints, by Matthew Bunson, Margaret Bunson, and Stephen Bunson
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