Indeed, across Europe there are Saints who are believed to exert a similar influence over the weather, such as St. Medard, St. Gervase and St. Protais in France on 8th and 19th June and St.
Godelieve in Flanders on 6th July. Whatever you choose to believe, it certainly makes for an interesting conversation whenever the weather is mentioned! But how much of this story is true, and were there really as many as 11, virgins? Log In Register now My account.
By Jaymi McCann. But who was St Swithin? The freshest exclusives and sharpest analysis, curated for your inbox Email address is invalid Thank you for subscribing! Sorry, there was a problem. Swithin's day if thou dost rain For forty days it will remain St. Swithin's day if thou be fair For forty days 'twill rain nae mair. Swithin or more properly, Swithun was a Saxon Bishop of Winchester. He was born in the kingdom of Wessex and educated in its capital, Winchester.
He was famous for charitable gifts and building churches. A legend says that as the Bishop lay on his deathbed, he asked to be buried out of doors, where he would be trodden on and rained on. For nine years, his wishes were followed, but then, the monks of Winchester attempted to remove his remains to a splendid shrine inside the cathedral on 15 July According to legend there was a heavy rain storm either during the ceremony or on its anniversary.
But where does this legend come from and is there any truth to it? The old poem goes like this Full forty days, it will remain. St Swithin's Day, if it be fair. For forty days, t'will rain no more". Swithin was a man born in or around the year He became Bishop of Winchester. Unlike other religious figures, he asked not to be buried in a prominent place within Winchester Cathedral, but outside in a simple tomb "where the sweet rain of heaven may fall upon my grave".
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