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Oswine of Deira
7th-century English monarch and Christian saint
SaintPre-congregation
Feast: 20 August (not on the universal Roman calendar; kept in the Roman Martyrology or local calendars)
Born
650
Died
651
Beatified
—
not needed: before formal processes
Canonised
By tradition
recognised before formal processes began
Who they were
Oswine, Oswin or Osuine (died 20 August 651) was a King of Deira in northern England.
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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.
Sources
- Santi, beati e testimoni - Sant'Oswin — Santiebeati.it, the Italian Catholic saints dictionary, carries a full entry: Sant'Oswin - Re di Deira, martire | † Gilling, Yorkshire, Inghilterra, 20 agosto 651.
- Wikidata Q879940 — dates, feast day and identifiers (CC0)
- English Wikipedia — Oswine of Deira (CC BY-SA)
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