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Holywell, Flintshire, Wales. St Winefride was a 7th-century Welsh Christian
Saint Winefrides Shrine Holywell, Wales. An Irish Gypsy woman traveller touches the statue of St Winefride and says a prayer. Saint Winefride was a 7th-century Welsh Christian around whom many historical legends have formed. The healing waters of the 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. Roman Catholics gather on her saints day 22nd June for a pilgrimage. Holywell, Flintshire, Wales UK 1990s.
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