Saint Erconwald of London
- Also known as
- Erkenwald of London
- Memorial
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13 May
24 April on some calendars
30 April on some calendars
14 November on some calendars in England
- Profile
- May have been related to royalty.
Benedictine monk.
Founded a monastery at Chertsey, Surrey, and served as its first abbot.
Founded a convent at Barking, Essex; his sister, Saint Ethelburga of Barking, served as its abbess.
Appointed bishop of the East Saxons by Saint Theodore of Canterbury in 675; his see was in London.
Suffered from severe gout, but continually travelled through his diocese.
His shrine was a pilgrimage site in the Middle Ages, and the sick were miraculously cured by touching the chair he used for travel.
- Born
- in East Anglia, England
- Died
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c.686 in London, England
interred in Saint Paul's Cathedral, London
re-interred in the crypt following the fire of 1087
relics translated to a new shrine on 14 November 1148
relics translated to a new shrine on 1 February 1326
- Canonized
- Pre-Congregation
- Patronage
- against gout
- Representation
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bishop in a small chariot, which he used for travelling his diocese
with Saint Ethelburga of Barking
- Additional Information
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Catholic Encyclopedia, by Columba Edmonds
Catholic Encyclopedia, by Columba Edmonds
For All The Saints, by Katherine Rabenstein
Google Directory
Orthodox England icon
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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