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Urith
Anglo-Saxon saint
Feast: 8 July (not on the universal Roman calendar; kept in the Roman Martyrology or local calendars)
Who they were
Urith (also known in Welsh as Iwerydd) was a Christian woman from the Westcountry of Great Britain who was alleged to have been martyred in the 8th century, and subsequently revered as a saint. The name was not uncommon in the English county of Devon. Her feast day is 8 July and her shrine is located in the North Devon village of Chittlehampton. Her name is also known in Latin as Hieritha and occasionally corrupted to Erth.
Summary from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0), until this page is written up in full.
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.
- The veneration of St Urith in pre-Reformation Devon (Devon History Society) — A documented pre-Reformation Catholic veneration: a Latin Life, a shrine and holy well at Chittlehampton, and pilgrimage on her feast, 8 July, until 1539; the offerings paid for the church tower.
- Wikidata Q7900649 — dates, feast day and identifiers (CC0)
- English Wikipedia — Urith (CC BY-SA)
Not yet written up in full. The Catholic source above names this person; the name, dates and step come from Wikidata and are not yet checked against Church records.