Saint Winnoc | |
|---|---|
 Saint Winnoc of Flanders | |
| Born | c. 640 |
| Died | c. 716/717 |
| Venerated in | Roman Catholic Church Eastern Orthodox Church Anglican Communion |
| Feast | 6 November; translation of relics (18 September); Exaltation of Saint Winnoc (formerly kept on 20 February) |
| Attributes | abbot 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 |
| Patronage | Millers; 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]
- ^ Vinocus, Winnoc of Flanders, Winnoc of Wormhoudt, Winnoc of Wormhoult, Winnow, Winwalo, Winoc, Winocus, Wunnoc, Pinnock, Winnock, Gwynnog.
- ^ "Bibliotheca Hagiographica Latina Antiquae Et Mediae Aetatis 1898, Volume 2, K-Z". Bruxellis : Socii Bollandiani. 8 September 1898 – via Internet Archive.
- ^ Webster, Douglas Raymund. "St. Winnoc." The Catholic Encyclopedia Vol. 15. New York: Robert Appleton Company, 1912
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