Bregowine
Archbishop of Canterbury
Feast: 26 August (not on the universal Roman calendar; kept in the Roman Martyrology or local calendars)
Who they were
Bregowine (died August 764) was a medieval Archbishop of Canterbury. Little is known of his origins or his activities as archbishop, although a number of stories were told about his possible origins after the Norman conquest in 1066. There are no records of him prior to his becoming archbishop. He possibly owed his elevation to the Kentish monarch. The records after his elevation to Canterbury are mainly about disputes over land, but knowledge of his time in office is hampered by the destruction of many of the contemporary records. After his death, he was considered a saint and a life about him was written in the 12th century.
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The miracles
Limited information is available on this saint so far.
Why that counted as sanctity
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- Menology of England and Wales (Stanton) - 26 August — "At Canterbury, the deposition of St. Bregwin, Archbishop and Confessor"; feast 26 August, as in our record.
- Wikidata Q1292135 — dates, feast day and identifiers (CC0)
- English Wikipedia — Bregowine (CC BY-SA)
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