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in the late 9th century prompted their relocation to within the walled city of Chester. A shrine to St Werberh was established at the Church of St Peter and St Paul (the site is now occupied by
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in Greater Manchester (previously Cheshire) is named after its parish church of St Werburgh, and a neighbourhood in
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At least ten churches in England, and some overseas, are dedicated to St Werburgh, including those in
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reform across England. She eventually succeeded her mother Ermenilda, her grandmother
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Miracles of St Werburgh, including the resurrection of the goose, depicted on a
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The shrine of St Werberh remained at Hanbury until the threat from Danish
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for most of her life. During some of her life she was resident in
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in Normandy, which had provided the first two post-Conquest
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By 1057 the Abbey church was rebuilt and further endowed by
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St Werburgh's pilgrimage badge, showing a gaggle of geese
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St Werberga and her royal and saintly relatives at Ely
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The reassembled shrine at the back of the Lady Chapel
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Index

Saint Werburgh
Saint

Chester Cathedral
Stone
Mercia
Trentham
Staffordshire
Roman Catholic Church
Anglican Communion
Eastern Orthodox Church
shrine
Hanbury
Chester Cathedral
Feast
Patronage
Chester
Latin
Anglo-Saxon
patron saint
Chester
Cheshire
Stone
Staffordshire
Wulfhere of Mercia
pagan
Penda of Mercia
St Ermenilda
King of Kent
Abbey of Ely

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