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HOLYWELL ST WINEFRIDES FEAST DAY WALES

Saint Winefrides Shrine Holywell, Wales.  <br />
Holywell Pilgrimage on the feast day of  St Winefride 22nd June. A  woman swims in the bathing pool of spring water in hope of a cure. St Saint Winefride was a 7th-century Welsh Christian  woman, around whom many historical legends have formed. A healing spring at the traditional site of her death is now a shrine and pilgrimage site called St Winefrides Well, known as the Lourdes of Wales. Holywell, Flintshire, Wales UK 1990
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St Winefrides Shrine Holywell Wales UK
Saint Winefrides Shrine Holywell, Wales.
Holywell Pilgrimage on the feast day of St Winefride 22nd June. A woman swims in the bathing pool of spring water in hope of a cure. St Saint Winefride was a 7th-century Welsh Christian woman, around whom many historical legends have formed. A healing spring at the traditional site of her death is now a shrine and pilgrimage site called St Winefrides Well, known as the Lourdes of Wales. Holywell, Flintshire, Wales UK 1990

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Date: 26 Mar 2015
Location: Holywell Flintshire UK Wales
Credit: Homer Sykes
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