Werburgh (also known as Werburga) (d. February 3, 699 at Trentham) is an English saint and the patron saint of Chester. February 3 is the 34th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. ... Events Umayyad general Hajjaj suppresses a rebellion by Ibn al-Ashath. ... This is about the New Zealand Trentham. ... Royal motto (French): Dieu et mon droit (Translated: God and my right) Englands location (dark green) within the United Kingdom (light green), with the Republic of Ireland (blue) to its west Languages None official English de facto Capital None official London de facto Largest city London Area – Total Ranked... Various religions treat the details of such a person differently and their viewpoints are seen below. ... In several forms of the church of Christianity, but especially in Roman Catholicism, a patron saint has special affinity for a trade or group. ... Chester is the county town of Cheshire in North West England. ...

She was born in Staffordshire, and was the daughter of King Wulfhere of Mercia (himself the Christian son of the pagan King Penda of Mercia) and his wife St Ermenilda, herself daughter of the King of Kent. She was a nun for most of her life, and was tutored under her great aunt Etheldreda (or Audrey), the first Abbess of Ely and former queen of Northumbria. Staffordshire (abbreviated Staffs) is a landlocked county in the West Midlands region of England. ... Wulfhere (d. ... A Christian is a follower of Jesus Christ. ... Pagan may refer to: A believer in Paganism or Neopaganism. ... Stained glass window from the cloister of Worcester Cathedral showing the death of Penda of Mercia. ... Saint Ermenilda (or Eormenhild, Ermenildis, Ermengild) (d. ... The Kingdom of Kent was a kingdom of Jutes in southeast England, one of the seven traditional kingdoms of the so-called Anglo-Saxon heptarchy. ... Nun in cloister, 1930; photograph by Doris Ulmann In general, a nun is a female ascetic who chooses to voluntarily leave mainstream society and live her life in prayer and contemplation in a monastery or convent. ... Æthelthryth (also Etheldreda, Ediltrudis, Audrey or Awdrey) (c. ... Section from Shepherds map of the British Isles about 802 AD showing the kingdom of Northumbria Northumbria is primarily the name of a petty kingdom of Angles which was formed in Great Britain at the beginning of the 7th century, and of the much smaller earldom which succeeded the...

Werburgh was instrumental in convent reform across England. She eventually succeeded her mother Ermenilda, her grandmother Sexberga, and great-aunt Etheldreda as fourth Abbess of Ely. This article is about an abbey as a religious building. ...

She was buried at Hanbury in Staffordshire, and was afterwards translated to Chester, of which church and monastery she became the great patroness (see Chester Cathedral). She is the last abbess whose name is recorded. Hanbury could be Hanbury, Staffordshire Hanbury, Worcestershire This article consisting of geographical locations is a disambiguation page, a list of pages that otherwise might share the same title. ... Chester Cathedral is a Church of England cathedral, mother church for the Diocese of Chester, north-west England. ...

The Cult of St Werbergh

By the year 708 her brother Cenred had succeeded as king of Mercia; he now decided to move his sister's body to a more conspicuous place within the church at Hanbury. Her body was found to be miraculously intact. This was considered to be a sign of divine favour, and her tomb therefore became an object of veneration and a centre for pilgrimage. Her brother is said to have to have been so affected by this miracle that he decided to abdicate and enter holy orders himself; however, he came from a notably religious family (his mother, grandmother and great-aunt all being abbesses). It is possible that the anecdote about the saint reviving a goose dates from this time. Events The Japanese court moved from Heian to Nara. ... Cenred (or Coenred, Coinred, Kenred) ruled the Anglo_Saxon kingdom of Mercia from 704 to 709. ... The general location of Mercia, along with the other peoples of Britain around the year 600. ... For albums named Pilgrim, see Pilgrim (album). ... Genera Anser Branta Chen Cereopsis Cnemiornis(extinct) † see also: Swan, Duck Anatidae Goose (plural geese) is the general English name for a considerable number of birds, belonging to the family Anatidae. ...

The shrine of St Werbergh remained at Hanbury for the next 160 years or so but due to the threat from Viking raiders in the 9th century, the shrine was relocated in 875 to the Church of St. Peter and St. Paul which lay within the protection of the city walls of Chester. The term Viking is used to denote the ship-born explorers, traders and warriors who originated in Norway, Iceland, Denmark and Sweden and raided the coasts of the British Isles and other parts of Europe from the late 8th century to the 11th century. ... As a means of recording the passage of time the 9th century was that century that lasted from 801 to 900. ... Events December 29 - Charles the Bald, king of west Danes capture Lindisfarne and arrive in Cambridge. ...

The city of Chester therefore became the focus for the cult of Werburga. Sometime later, the Church of St. Peter and St. Paul was re-dedicated to St. Werburgh and St Oswald around the year 975, when a monastery was also built in the names of these two saints. Oswald (c. ... Events Coronation of King Edward the Martyr Births Deaths July 8 Edgar of England Categories: 975 ...

In 1057 the church was rebuilt and further endowed by Leofric, Earl of Mercia. By this time, St. Werburgh was regarded as the protector and patron saint of the city, after the supposed miraculous withdrawal of the Welsh king Gruffudd ap Llywelyn from a siege of the city. Events King Macbeth I of Scotland is killed in battle against Malcolm Canmore. ... For an explanation of often confusing terms such as Great Britain, Britain, United Kingdom, England and Wales and England, see British Isles (terminology). ... See also Gruffydd ap Llywelyn Fawr Gruffydd ap Llywelyn (c. ...

St. Werburgh remained popular after the Norman conquest. In 1093, the Norman Earl of Chester, Hugh d' Avranches, better known as "Hugh the Fat" to the Welsh, further endowed the abbey and its church. He also established a Benedictine monastery, with specially imported monks from the highly-regarded Bec Abbey in Normandy (that had provided the first two post-Conquest Archbishops of Canterbury - Lanfranc and Anselm). Like many other Anglo-Norman barons, Hugh d'Avranches entered the monastery himself shortly before he died. He was buried therein, and the church eventually grew into Chester Cathedral. The Earldom of Chester is one of the few palatine earldoms in England. ... A Benedictine is a person who follows the Rule of St Benedict. ... Bec Abbey (French: Abbaye Notre-Dame du Bec) in Le Bec-Hellouin, Normandy, France, is a Benedictine monastic foundation in the Eure département, in a valley midway between the cities of Rouen and Le Havre. ... Normandy Invasion]] or Operation Overlord that began on June 6, 1944, which today is also known as D-Day. ... Arms of the see of Canterbury The Archbishop of Canterbury is the senior clergyman of the established Church of England and symbolic head of the worldwide Anglican Communion. ... Lanfranc (d. ... Saint Anselm of Canterbury (1033 or 1034 – April 21, 1109), a widely influential medieval philosopher and theologian, held the office of Archbishop of Canterbury from 1093 to 1109. ...

An elaborate shrine was eventually constructed in the fourteenth century but did not survive the reign of Henry VIII. When the abbey was dissolved, the shrine was broken up and the remains of the saint scattered. The various remains of the shrine that survived were collected together in 1876, reassembled, and now remain on display to this day at the Lady Chapel of the cathedral. Henry VIII (28 June 1491 – 28 January 1547) was King of England and Lord of Ireland (later King of Ireland) from 22 April 1509 until his death. ...

The Saint Today

St Werburgh remains the patron saint of Chester. Her feast day is February 3. In several forms of the church of Christianity, but especially in Roman Catholicism, a patron saint has special affinity for a trade or group. ... Chester is the county town of Cheshire in North West England. ... The calendar of saints is a traditional Christian method of organising a liturgical year on the level of days by associating each day with a saint, and referring to the day as the saints day of that saint. ... February 3 is the 34th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. ...

Many churches in England and overseas are still dedicated to her.

A suburb of Bristol, in the South West of England, just north of the city centre, is named St Werburghs. St. ...

External links

• Life of St Werbergh
• St Werberga and her royal and saintly relatives at Ely
• Reference to Earl Hugh building the abbey church
• Steve Howe's 'Chester: a Virtual stroll Around the Walls'.