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Hædde
Bishop of Winchester
SaintFull write-upUnited KingdomBenedictinesPre-congregation
Feast: 7 July (not on the universal Roman calendar; kept in the Roman Martyrology or local calendars)
Born
650
Died
705
Beatified
—
not needed: before formal processes
Canonised
By tradition
recognised before formal processes began
Who they were
At Winchester in England, Saint Hædde, bishop of the West Saxons, a man of outstanding wisdom, who moved the body of Saint Birinus from Dorchester to this city and established the episcopal see there.
The miracles
There was never a formal cause: he has been honoured as a saint since before the Church's formal processes began.
Why that counted as sanctity
The Roman Martyrology remembers him on 7 July as the bishop of the West Saxons who moved his see and the body of Saint Birinus to Winchester.
Sources
- Roman Martyrology, 7 July (Italian Bishops' Conference, Santo del giorno)
- Wikidata Q325738 — dates, feast day and identifiers (CC0)
- English Wikipedia — Hædde (CC BY-SA)
Checked against the sources listed on 22 September 2026. Corrections welcome.