Feasts, Obligatory and Optional Memorials of Saints
- Egwin of Worcester, bishop
- Sabinus and Companions, martyrs
- Anysia, martyr
- Anysius, bishop
St. Egwin of Worcester (died ca. 717 A.D.) was a descendant of the Mercian kings. He became a religious in his youth and in 692 or 693 A.D., was named bishop of Worcester, England. Committed to the reform of the clergy, he evoked the enmity of a faction in his diocese. As a consequence, Egwin was forced to withdraw from his see for a time. He made a penitential pilgrimage to Rome to defend himself against the charges of overturn and received papal vindication. Upon his return to England, with the help of the king of Mercia, Egwin founded Evesham Monastery. This monastery developed into one of the great Benedictine monasteries in medieval England. St. Egwin died at Evesham and was buried in the monastery.
December 30 - Saints in the Byzantine Calendar
- Anysia
- Venerable Zoticus
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