Winnoc

Saint

Winnoc
Saint Winnoc of Flanders
Bornc. 640
Diedc. 716/717
Venerated inRoman Catholic Church
Eastern Orthodox Church
Anglican Communion
Feast6 November; translation of relics (18 September); Exaltation of Saint Winnoc (formerly kept on 20 February)
Attributesabbot with a crown and scepter at his feet, turning a hand-mill, often with a church and bridge nearby; in ecstasy while grinding corn; with Saint Bertin
PatronageMillers; against fever; against whooping cough; against drought.

Winnoc[1] (c. 640-c. 716/717) was an abbot or prior of Wormhout. Three lives of the saint are extant (BHL 8952-4[2]). The best of them is the first life, which was written by a monk of Bertin in the mid-9th century or perhaps a century earlier.[3]

  1. ^ Vinocus, Winnoc of Flanders, Winnoc of Wormhoudt, Winnoc of Wormhoult, Winnow, Winwalo, Winoc, Winocus, Wunnoc, Pinnock, Winnock, Gwynnog.
  2. ^ "Bibliotheca Hagiographica Latina Antiquae Et Mediae Aetatis 1898, Volume 2, K-Z". Bruxellis : Socii Bollandiani. 8 September 1898 – via Internet Archive.
  3. ^ Webster, Douglas Raymund. "St. Winnoc." The Catholic Encyclopedia Vol. 15. New York: Robert Appleton Company, 1912 Public Domain This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.