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medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and culture Winifred's well is where her head fell (she was healed by her uncle/tutor and went on to live a long and productive life) IIRC St David blessed the well at Bath and cured it of poisonous tendencies - will check that and other references. Meg, would you like me to post this on wells-and-spas? Graham Jones will have some ideas but I know he's busy and we have just dumped another research project on him. Maddy --- Prof. Madeleine Gray University of South Wales http://www.heritagetortoise.co.uk http://twitter.com/heritagepilgrim 'Lle taw Duw nid doeth yngan' (St Fagan, allegedly) On 02/09/2017 19:37, Jane Stemp Wickenden wrote: > medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and culture I can't remember the exact association of St Winifred and her well at Holywell (rooftop restaurant dining at the Ashmolean not conducive to research!) but it might be relevant. > > Jane > > On 2 September 2017 15:59:44 BST, "Cormack, Margaret Jean" <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > >> medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and culture >> >> I´m sending my queries one by one to avoid confusion. I´m wondering if anyone is aware of saints with reputations for blessing springs, or springs said to have been blessed by saints. I don´t mean saints _creating_ springs, whether on purpose or because they died there or were buried there. I´m trying to find examples outside of Iceland of saints (or priests, or monks, or whoever) blessing natural water sources, or of liturgical prayers for that purpose. I am aware of prayers for blessing man-made wells, or for purifying waters known to be polluted, but that´s not what I´m looking for. I´m also aware of some (English) episcopal prohibitions against venerating springs, and if anyone knows of others from outside England I´d love to know of them! >> Meg >> >> ********************************************************************** To join the list, send the message: subscribe medieval-religion YOUR NAME to: [log in to unmask] To send a message to the list, address it to: [log in to unmask] To leave the list, send the message: unsubscribe medieval-religion to: [log in to unmask] In order to report problems or to contact the list's owners, write to: [log in to unmask] For further information, visit our web site: http://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/medieval-religion > > -- > Sent from my Android device with K-9 Mail. Please excuse my brevity. ********************************************************************** To join the list, send the message: subscribe medieval-religion YOUR NAME to: [log in to unmask] To send a message to the list, address it to: [log in to unmask] To leave the list, send the message: unsubscribe medieval-religion to: [log in to unmask] In order to report problems or to contact the list's owners, write to: [log in to unmask] For further information, visit our web site: http://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/medieval-religion ********************************************************************** To join the list, send the message: subscribe medieval-religion YOUR NAME to: [log in to unmask] To send a message to the list, address it to: [log in to unmask] To leave the list, send the message: unsubscribe medieval-religion to: [log in to unmask] In order to report problems or to contact the list's owners, write to: [log in to unmask] For further information, visit our web site: http://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/medieval-religion