...it into their heads that it was difgraceful for the faint to lie in the open church-yard, refolved to remove his body into the choir, which was to have been done with folemn proceffion on the 15th of July. It rained, however, fo violently on that day, and for forty...

...canonize^ taking it into their heads that it was disgraceful for the saint to lie in the open church-yard, resolved to remove his body into the choir, which...the 15th of July. It rained, however, so violently on that day, and for forty days succeeding, as had hardly ever been known, which made them set aside...

...promoted to holy orders by Helmstan, Bishop of Winchester, at whose death, in 852, King Ethel wolf granted him the see. In this he continued eleven years,...which was to have been done, with solemn procession, onthe 15th of July. It rained, however, so violently for forty days succeeding, that the design was...

...origin from the following circumstance. Swithin or Swithum, Bishop of Winchester, who died in 868, " desired that he might be buried in the open church-yard,...15th of July : it rained however so violently for fortydays together at this season, that the design was abandoned."* Now, without entering into the...

...was complied with, but the monks, on his being canonized, considering it disgraceful for the ssint to lie in a public, cemetery, resolved to remove his...the choir, which was to have been done with solemn processsion on the 13th of •Inly. It rained, however, so violently for forty days succeeding, that...

...lie in the open church-yard, resolved to move his body into the choir, which was to have been done in solemn procession on the 15th of July. It rained, however, so violently on -that day, and for forty days succeeding, as had hardly ever been kmr •i&dfa which made them set...

...usual with other bishops, and his request was complied with : but the monks on his being canonijedj considering it disgraceful for the saint to lie in...July : it rained however so violently for forty days together at this season, that the design was abandoned."* Now, without entering into the case of the...

...his clerical tonsure, and put on the monastic habit, in the old monastery at Winchester. He was of noble parentage, and passed his youth in the study...succeeding, that the design was abandoned as heretical and blasphemous, and they honoured his memory by erecting a chapel over his grave, at which many miraculous...

...died in 868. Swithin desired that he might be buried in the open churchyard, and not in the chancel 1 of the minster, as was usual with other bishops ;...succeeding, that the design was abandoned as heretical and blasphemous, and they honoured his memory by erecting a chapel over his grave, at which many miraculous...

...being canonized, considering it disgraceful for the saint to lie in a public cemetry, resolved to move his body into the choir, which was to have been done,...succeeding, that the design was abandoned as heretical and blasphemous, and they honoured .his memory by erecting a chapel over his grave, at which many miraculous...