Swithun
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| Sveti Swithun | |
|---|---|
| Biskup | |
| Rođen/a | cca. 800, vjerojatno Hampshire |
| Umro/la | 2. 7. 862., Winchester, Hampshire |
| Štuje se u | Pravoslavna crkva; Rimokatolička crkva; Anglikanska zajednica |
| Glavno svetište | Winchesterska katedrala |
| Kalendar svetaca | 15. jul |
| Atributi | biskup nosi most, slomljena jaja pred njegovim stopalima |
| Zaštitništvo | Hampshire; Winchester; Southwark; vrijeme |
Swithun (ili Swithin, staroengleski: Swīþhūn; ? - cca. 862) bio je anglosakonski biskup Winchestera kasnije proglašen za sveca-zaštitnika Winchesterske katedrale. Na mjestu biskupa je bio od 852. do 862. godine, a njegova historijska uloga je zasjenjena posthumnog reputacijom čudotvorca. Prema tradiciji, vrijeme na njegov blagdan (15. jul) se nastavlja četrdeset dana.
Izvori[uredi | uredi kod]
Literatura[uredi | uredi kod]
- Powicke, F. Maurice and E. B. Fryde Handbook of British Chronology 2nd. ed. London:Royal Historical Society 1961.
- Andrew Godsell "Saint Swithin and the Rain" in "Legends of British History" (2008).
- Lapidge, Michael. Cult of St Swithun (Oxford, 2003) (Winchester Studies, 4.ii).
- Yorke, Barbara. "Swithun [St Swithun] (d. 863)." Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. Oxford University Press, 2004.
- Deshman, Robert, "Saint Swithun in Early Medieval Art," in Idem, Eye and Mind: Collected Essays in Anglo-Saxon and Early Medieval Art Edited by Adam Cohen (Kalamazoo, Michigan: Medieval Institute Publications, Western Michigan University, 2010) (Publications of the Richard Rawlinson Center).
Eksterni linkovi[uredi | uredi kod]
- "St. Swithin or Swithun, Bishop and Patron of Winchester, Confessor", Butler's Lives of the Saints
- Catholic Encyclopedia entry on St. Swithin
- Guardian netnotes on St. Swithin's Day
- Wilson's Almanac Arhivirano 2011-10-10 na Wayback Machine-u
- Prosopography of Anglo Saxon England entry for Swithun
- BBC "Landward" feature on St. Swithin's Day
| Rimokatoličke crkvene titule | ||
|---|---|---|
| Prethodi: Helmstan |
Biskup Winchestera 852–862 |
Slijedi: Ealhferth |
