Oswynn 1 (Female) Devotee of St Edmund 6
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Notes: According to A. Gransden this is OE Oswynn, although the name in the manuscripts of Abbo.VitEdmund is spelt 'Oswen'. See {Antonia Gransden, 'Abbo of Fleury's Passio S. Eadmundi', Revue Bénédictine 105 (1995), pp. 20-78}.

Factoid List

Recorded Name (1)

Oswen (1)

 Abbo.PassioEadmundi  14

Personal Information (2)

reputation (2)

 Abbo.PassioEadmundi  14 (of blessed memory)
 Abbo.PassioEadmundi  14 (venerable)

Event (2)

Culting/venerating saint(s) (1)

 Edmund 6.post-mortem miracles: Edmund 6 worked miracles: his head, lost in the bushes, spoke to Anonymi 1738 and thus was found; a wolf guarded his body; when forgotten by the locals, Edmund 6 appeared to them in visions and dreams and healing the blind; his head grew back on to the body, the previous injury marked by a scarlet scar; the dead man's hair and nails continued to grow, and a holy woman Oswynn 1 would every year trim them; a youth called Leofstan 3, who demanded to see the martyr's body to test his sanctity, went mad and soon died. Edmund 6 was venerated even by kings, who used to send him their royal crowns and then buy them back for large sums of money.: WilliamofMalmesbury.GestaPontificumAnglorum  ii.74.22-27

Death/dying (1)

 Edmund 6.post-mortem miracles: Edmund 6 worked miracles: his head, lost in the bushes, spoke to Anonymi 1738 and thus was found; a wolf guarded his body; when forgotten by the locals, Edmund 6 appeared to them in visions and dreams and healing the blind; his head grew back on to the body, the previous injury marked by a scarlet scar; the dead man's hair and nails continued to grow, and a holy woman Oswynn 1 would every year trim them; a youth called Leofstan 3, who demanded to see the martyr's body to test his sanctity, went mad and soon died. Edmund 6 was venerated even by kings, who used to send him their royal crowns and then buy them back for large sums of money.: WilliamofMalmesbury.GestaPontificumAnglorum  ii.74.22-27

Dreaming/seeing vision/revelation (1)

 Edmund 6.post-mortem miracles: Edmund 6 worked miracles: his head, lost in the bushes, spoke to Anonymi 1738 and thus was found; a wolf guarded his body; when forgotten by the locals, Edmund 6 appeared to them in visions and dreams and healing the blind; his head grew back on to the body, the previous injury marked by a scarlet scar; the dead man's hair and nails continued to grow, and a holy woman Oswynn 1 would every year trim them; a youth called Leofstan 3, who demanded to see the martyr's body to test his sanctity, went mad and soon died. Edmund 6 was venerated even by kings, who used to send him their royal crowns and then buy them back for large sums of money.: WilliamofMalmesbury.GestaPontificumAnglorum  ii.74.22-27

Grant and Gift (1)

 Edmund 6.post-mortem miracles: Edmund 6 worked miracles: his head, lost in the bushes, spoke to Anonymi 1738 and thus was found; a wolf guarded his body; when forgotten by the locals, Edmund 6 appeared to them in visions and dreams and healing the blind; his head grew back on to the body, the previous injury marked by a scarlet scar; the dead man's hair and nails continued to grow, and a holy woman Oswynn 1 would every year trim them; a youth called Leofstan 3, who demanded to see the martyr's body to test his sanctity, went mad and soon died. Edmund 6 was venerated even by kings, who used to send him their royal crowns and then buy them back for large sums of money.: WilliamofMalmesbury.GestaPontificumAnglorum  ii.74.22-27

Healing (1)

 Edmund 6.post-mortem miracles: Edmund 6 worked miracles: his head, lost in the bushes, spoke to Anonymi 1738 and thus was found; a wolf guarded his body; when forgotten by the locals, Edmund 6 appeared to them in visions and dreams and healing the blind; his head grew back on to the body, the previous injury marked by a scarlet scar; the dead man's hair and nails continued to grow, and a holy woman Oswynn 1 would every year trim them; a youth called Leofstan 3, who demanded to see the martyr's body to test his sanctity, went mad and soon died. Edmund 6 was venerated even by kings, who used to send him their royal crowns and then buy them back for large sums of money.: WilliamofMalmesbury.GestaPontificumAnglorum  ii.74.22-27

Illness/demonic seizure/madness (1)

 Edmund 6.post-mortem miracles: Edmund 6 worked miracles: his head, lost in the bushes, spoke to Anonymi 1738 and thus was found; a wolf guarded his body; when forgotten by the locals, Edmund 6 appeared to them in visions and dreams and healing the blind; his head grew back on to the body, the previous injury marked by a scarlet scar; the dead man's hair and nails continued to grow, and a holy woman Oswynn 1 would every year trim them; a youth called Leofstan 3, who demanded to see the martyr's body to test his sanctity, went mad and soon died. Edmund 6 was venerated even by kings, who used to send him their royal crowns and then buy them back for large sums of money.: WilliamofMalmesbury.GestaPontificumAnglorum  ii.74.22-27

Miracle (1)

 Edmund 6.post-mortem miracles: Edmund 6 worked miracles: his head, lost in the bushes, spoke to Anonymi 1738 and thus was found; a wolf guarded his body; when forgotten by the locals, Edmund 6 appeared to them in visions and dreams and healing the blind; his head grew back on to the body, the previous injury marked by a scarlet scar; the dead man's hair and nails continued to grow, and a holy woman Oswynn 1 would every year trim them; a youth called Leofstan 3, who demanded to see the martyr's body to test his sanctity, went mad and soon died. Edmund 6 was venerated even by kings, who used to send him their royal crowns and then buy them back for large sums of money.: WilliamofMalmesbury.GestaPontificumAnglorum  ii.74.22-27

Relics-collecting/depositing/granting (1)

 Oswynn 1.visiting and tending the tomb of Edmund 6: Having thrown open the tomb of Edmund 6, Oswynn 1 cut short his hair and nails, collecting all these relics.: Abbo.PassioEadmundi  14

Tomb-making/opening (2)

 Edmund 6.post-mortem miracles: Edmund 6 worked miracles: his head, lost in the bushes, spoke to Anonymi 1738 and thus was found; a wolf guarded his body; when forgotten by the locals, Edmund 6 appeared to them in visions and dreams and healing the blind; his head grew back on to the body, the previous injury marked by a scarlet scar; the dead man's hair and nails continued to grow, and a holy woman Oswynn 1 would every year trim them; a youth called Leofstan 3, who demanded to see the martyr's body to test his sanctity, went mad and soon died. Edmund 6 was venerated even by kings, who used to send him their royal crowns and then buy them back for large sums of money.: WilliamofMalmesbury.GestaPontificumAnglorum  ii.74.22-27
 Oswynn 1.visiting and tending the tomb of Edmund 6: Having thrown open the tomb of Edmund 6, Oswynn 1 cut short his hair and nails, collecting all these relics.: Abbo.PassioEadmundi  14

Wildlife-interaction (1)

 Edmund 6.post-mortem miracles: Edmund 6 worked miracles: his head, lost in the bushes, spoke to Anonymi 1738 and thus was found; a wolf guarded his body; when forgotten by the locals, Edmund 6 appeared to them in visions and dreams and healing the blind; his head grew back on to the body, the previous injury marked by a scarlet scar; the dead man's hair and nails continued to grow, and a holy woman Oswynn 1 would every year trim them; a youth called Leofstan 3, who demanded to see the martyr's body to test his sanctity, went mad and soon died. Edmund 6 was venerated even by kings, who used to send him their royal crowns and then buy them back for large sums of money.: WilliamofMalmesbury.GestaPontificumAnglorum  ii.74.22-27