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HOLYWELL ST WINEFRIDES FEAST DAY WALES

Catholic Procession of Gypsies annual gathering on the feast day of at St Winefrides Shrine 22 June Holywell Flintshire Wales.<br />
St Winifred or 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 Winefrifdes Well,  known as the Lourdes of Wales.
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Gypsies annual gathering on the feast day of at St Winefrides Shrine 22 June Holywell Flintshire Wales
Catholic Procession of Gypsies annual gathering on the feast day of at St Winefrides Shrine 22 June Holywell Flintshire Wales.
St Winifred or 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 Winefrifdes Well, known as the Lourdes of Wales.

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Date: 17 Mar 2011
Location: Holywell Flintshire Wales
Credit: HOMER SYKES
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