Candida of Whitchurch
English saint
Feast: 1 June (not on the universal Roman calendar; kept in the Roman Martyrology or local calendars)
Who they were
Saint Wite (pronounced Wee-ta; died c. 831) was a 9th-century Saxon holy woman from Dorset who was killed by marauding Danes. She is venerated in the Orthodox Church, is the patron saint of Dorset and has her feast day on 1 June, also celebrated as Dorset Day. She is also known as Saint Candida (Candida is the Latin word for white).
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The miracles
Limited information is available on this saint so far.
Why that counted as sanctity
Limited information is available on this saint so far.
- CatholicSaints.Info - Saint Candida of Whitchurch — Memorial 1 June (matches). Also known as Wite/Gwen; relics in the shrine at Whitchurch Canonicorum, Dorset; holy well at Morcombe Lake.
- Wikidata Q113359263 — dates, feast day and identifiers (CC0)
- English Wikipedia — Saint Wite (CC BY-SA)
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