List of Anglo-Saxon saints
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Anglo-Norse, of mixed English and Scandinavian extraction characteristic of northern and central England in the later Anglo-Saxon era British, from the British population native to pre-Germanic England, including Welsh, Cornish, Cumbrian and Celtic Armoricans, as well as saints from regions of England Anglicized very late East Anglian, ethnically English and either from or strong associated with the East Anglian region of early medieval England, modern Norfolk, Suffolk as well as some of Cambridgeshire or Lincolnshire East Saxon, ethnically English and either from or strong associated with the East Saxon region of early medieval England Frankish, from the Frankish kingdom in Gaul, including native Latin-speakers but excluding Bretons Frisian, from the Frisian region of early medieval Europe Gaelic, in origin a Gaelic-speaking Celt from Ireland or northern Britain Kentish, ethnically English and either from or strong associated with the Kentish region of early medieval England Mercian, ethnically English and either from or strong associated with the Mercian region of early medieval England Northumbrian, ethnically English and either from or strong associated with the Northumbrian region of early medieval England Roman, from the Roman (or 'Byzantine') Empire, excluding Britain Romano-British, from Roman Britain and neither clearly British or clearly Latin South Saxon, ethnically English and either from or strongly associated with the South Saxon region of early medieval England West Saxon, ethnically English and either from or strongly associated with the West Saxon region of early medieval England

List of Anglo-Saxon saints

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Table Section Text: Anglo-Norse, of mixed English and Scandinavian extraction characteristic of northern and central England in the later Anglo-Saxon era British, from the British population native to pre-Germanic England, including Welsh, Cornish, Cumbrian and Celtic Armoricans, as well as saints from regions of England Anglicized very late East Anglian, ethnically English and either from or strong associated with the East Anglian region of early medieval England, modern Norfolk, Suffolk as well as some of Cambridgeshire or Lincolnshire East Saxon, ethnically English and either from or strong associated with the East Saxon region of early medieval England Frankish, from the Frankish kingdom in Gaul, including native Latin-speakers but excluding Bretons Frisian, from the Frisian region of early medieval Europe Gaelic, in origin a Gaelic-speaking Celt from Ireland or northern Britain Kentish, ethnically English and either from or strong associated with the Kentish region of early medieval England Mercian, ethnically English and either from or strong associated with the Mercian region of early medieval England Northumbrian, ethnically English and either from or strong associated with the Northumbrian region of early medieval England Roman, from the Roman (or 'Byzantine') Empire, excluding Britain Romano-British, from Roman Britain and neither clearly British or clearly Latin South Saxon, ethnically English and either from or strongly associated with the South Saxon region of early medieval England West Saxon, ethnically English and either from or strongly associated with the West Saxon region of early medieval England

Name	Century of death	Origin	Chief medieval resting place	Notes

Acca of Hexham	8th	Northumbrian	Ripon / Durham / Peterborough	Relics translated to Durham 1032; Peterborough Abbey possessed relic in the 12th century

Æbbe of Abingdon	7th	West Saxon	Oxford	Details uncertain

Æbbe "the Elder" of Coldingham	7th	Northumbrian	Coldingham	Translated to Durham in the 11th century

Æbbe "the Younger" of Coldingham	9th	Northumbrian	Coldingham	May be a doppelganger of Æbbe the Elder

Æbbe of Thanet	8th	Kentish	Minster-in-Thanet	Also called Eormenburh, of which "Æbbe" may be a hypocoristic form

Ælfgar of Selwood	unknown	West Saxon	Selwood forest	Known only from 16th century source

Ælfgifu of Exeter	unknown	West Saxon	unknown	May be Ælfgifu of Shaftesbury

Ælfgifu of Shaftesbury	10th	West Saxon	Shaftesbury	May be Ælfgifu of Exter

Ælfheah of Canterbury	11th	West Saxon	Canterbury St Augustine's	His body lay in London Cathedral from 1012 to 1023, but was translated to Canterbury with the cooperation of Cnut

Ælfheah of Winchester	10th	West Saxon	Winchester Old Minster

Ælfflæd of Whitby	8th	Northumbrian	Whitby

Ælfnoth of Stowe	7th	Mercian	Stowe forest

Ælfthryth of Crowland	9th	Mercian	Crowland

Ælfwald of Northumbria	8th	Northumbrian	Hexham

Æthelberht of Bedford	unknown	Mercian	Bedford	May be the same as Æthelberht of East Anglia

Æthelberht of East Anglia	8th	East Anglian	Hereford

Æthelberht of Kent	7th	Kentish	Ramsey

Æthelburh of Barking	7th	East Saxon	Barking	Remaining relics in Barking were translated to Canterbury in 1030

Æthelburh of Faremoutiers	7th	East Anglian	Faremoutiers

Æthelburh of Hackness	8th	Northumbrian	Hackness

Æthelburh of Kent	7th	Kentish	Lyminge

Æthelflæd of Ramsey	10th	East Anglian	Ramsey	Wife of Æthelwine, Ealdorman of East Anglia

Æthelburh of Wilton	9th	West Saxon	Wilton	Allegedly foundress of Wilton Abbey and half-sister of Ecgberht, king of Wessex and Kent, her existence is unsubstantiated by reliable sources

Æthelflæd of Romsey	10th	West Saxon	Romsey

Æthelgar of Canterbury	10th	West Saxon	Canterbury Christ Church	Cult attested in the resting-place list of Hugh Candidus

Æthelgyth of Coldingham	unknown	Northumbrian	Coldingham

Æthelmod of Leominster	7th	Mercian	Leominster

Æthelnoth of Canterbury	11th	West Saxon	Canterbury Christ Church	Although both Mabillon and the Bollandists counted him as a saint, there is no earlier evidence of a formal cult

Æthelred of Kent	7th	Kentish	Ramsey

Æthelred of Mercia	8th	Mercian	Bradney

Æthelsige of Ripon	unknown	Northumbrian	Ripon	Known only as sanctus Egelsi from a list of bishops resting at Ripon

Æthelstan of England	10th	West Saxon	Malmesbury	The saints cult of the famous English warrior-king is attested in a resting-place list, but is otherwise poorly documented

Æthelthryth of Ely	7th	East Anglian	Ely	Also called "St Audrey"

Æthelwold of Farne	7th	Northumbrian	Various

Æthelwold of Lindisfarne	8th	Northumbrian	Lindisfarne	Bones left Lindisfarne in the 9th century with the community of St Cuthert; some bones were given to Westminster by King Edgar

Æthelwine of Athelney	7th	West Saxon	Athelney

Æthelwine of Coln	unknown	Mercian	Coln St Aldwyn

Æthelwine of Lindsey	7th	Mercian	unknown	There is no evidence of an early cult, but he is listed as a saint in Wilson's Martyrologie

Æthelwine of Sceldeforde	unknown	obscure	Sceldeforde	No identification of Sceldeforde is regarded as certain today

Æthelwold of Winchester	10th	West Saxon	Winchester Old Minster

Æthelwynn of Sodbury	unknown	Mercian	Old Sodbury

Aidan of Lindisfarne	7th	Gaelic / Northumbrian	Glastonbury	Bones moved from Lindisfarne to Glastonbury during time of Viking invasions

Alban	3rd	Romano-British	St Albans

Albinus of Canterbury	8th	Kentish	Canterbury Christ Church	Evidence of cult comes from one resting-place list, but it is otherwise poorly documented

Albinus of Thorney	unknown	Mercian?	Thorney	May be Hwita, bishop of Lichfield

Alchhild of Middleham	unknown	Northumbrian	Middleham	Possibly a daughter of King Oswig

Alchmund of Hexham	8th	Northumbrian	Hexham

Alchmund of Derby	9th	Northumbrian	Derby

Aldatus of Oxford	6th	Romano-British?	Oxford / Gloucester

Aldhelm of Sherbourne	8th	West Saxon	Malmesbury

Alfred the Great	9th	West Saxon	Winchester	King of Wessex and Bretwalda. Saint by popular acclaim only, never formally canonised.

Amphibalus of St Albans	3rd	Romano-British?	St Albans	Body at Aldeminstre in the Domesday Breviate resting-place list; body 'discovered' at St Albans in 1178

Arilda of Oldbury	unknown	Romano-British?	Gloucester

Athwulf of Thorney	7th	East Anglian	Thorney

Augustine of Canterbury	7th	Roman	Canterbury St Augustine's

Avbur of Stallingborough	unknown	obscure	Stallingborough

Balthere of Tyningham	8th	Northumbrian	Tyninghame / Durham

Balthild of Romsey	7th	Frankish / East Anglian	Romsey

Barloc of Norbury	unknown	British	Norbury

Beda of Jarrow	8th	Northumbrian	Jarrow / Durham / Glastonbury

Bega of Copeland	unknown	Gaelic / Northumbrian	St Bees

Benedict Biscop	7th	Northumbrian	Thorney

Benignus of Glastonbury	unknown	West Saxon	Glastonbury	Also called Beonna

Beocca of Chertsey	9th	West Saxon	Chertsey	9th

Beonna of Breedon	9th	Mercian	Breedon-on-the-Hill

Beorhthelm of Stafford	unknown	Mercian	Stafford

Beorhthelm of Shaftesbury	unknown	West Saxon	Shaftesbury	Some possibility that he is a 10th-century West Saxon bishop, several bearing this name

Beornstan the Archdeacon	unknown	Kentish	Canterbury St Augustine's	The saint-list "Catalogus Sanctorum in Anglia Pausantium" mentions an archdeacon called Byrnstan or Beornstan resting at St Augustine's

Beornstan of Winchester	10th	West Saxon	Winchester Old Minster

Beornwald of Bampton	10th	West Saxon	Bampton

Bercthun of Beverley	8th	Northumbrian	Beverley

Berhtwald of Canterbury	8th	Kentish	Canterbury St Augustine's

Bertha of Kent	7th	Frankish / Kentish	Canterbury St Augustine's	Mention in the resting-place list of Hugh Candidus

Billfrith of Lindisfarne	8th	Northumbrian	Durham

Birinus of Dorchester	7th	Roman	Winchester Old Minster

Blaise	4th	Roman	Canterbury Christ Church	Relics of Saint Blaise were held by Canterbury Christ Church, thought to have been brought from Rome in 908 by Archbishop Plegmund

Blitha of Martham	unknown	East Anglian	Martham	Mother of St Walstan

Boisil of Melrose	7th	Gaelic / Northumbrian	Melrose / Durham

Bosa of York	8th	Northumbrian	York

Botwine of Ripon	8th	Northumbrian	Ripon

Botwulf of Thorney	7th	East Anglian	Thorney

Brannoc of Braunton	unknown	British	Braunton

Branwalator of Milton	unknown	British	Milton Abbas

Ceadda of Lichfield	7th	Northumbrian	Lichfield

Ceatta of Lichfield	unknown	obscure	Lichfield	Possibly a duplication of Ceadda (above)

Cedd of Lichfield	7th	Northumbrian	Lichfield

Centwine of Wessex	7th	West Saxon	Glastonbury	In the list of saints entitled "Catalogus Sanctorum in Anglia Pausantium", he is listed resting at Glastonbury Abbey

Ceolfrith of Monkwearmouth	8th	Northumbrian	Langres / Glastonbury / Monkwearmouth

Ceolwulf of Northumbria	8th	Northumbrian	Lindisfarne

Cett of Oundle	unknown	obscure	Oundle

Credan of Bodmin	unknown	British	Bodmin

Cissa of Crowland	8th	East Anglian	Thorney

Coenwulf of Mercia	9th	Mercian	Winchcombe

Congar of Congresbury	unknown	British	Congresbury

Cotta of Breedon	8th	Mercian	Breedon-on-the-Hill

Credan of Evesham	8th	Mercian	Evesham

Cuthbald of Peterborough	8th	East Anglian	Peterborough

Cuthbert of Lindisfarne	7th	Northumbrian	Durham	Bones originally at Lindisfarne, at various places including Carlisle, Norham, Crayke and Chester-le-Street, before settling at Durham in the late 10th century for the remainder of the Middle Ages

Cuthburh of Wimborne	8th	West Saxon	Wimborne

Cuthflæd of Lyminster	unknown	South Saxon	Lyminster

Cuthmann of Steyning	unknown	South Saxon	Steyning

Cwenburh of Wimborne	8th	West Saxon	Wimborne

Cyneburh of Castor	7th	Mercian	Peterborough

Cyneburh of Gloucester	7th	Mercian	Gloucester

Cynehelm of Mercia	9th	Mercian	Winchcombe

Cyneswith of Peterborough	7th	Mercian	Peterborough

Dachuna of Bodmin	unknown	British	Bodmin

Decuman of Watchet	unknown	British	Watchet

Deusdedit of Canterbury	7th	Kentish	Canterbury St Augustine's / Leominster

Diuma of Charlbury	7th	Gaelic / Mercian	Charlbury

Domnanuerdh of Beckley	unknown	obscure	Beckley

Dryhthelm of Melrose	8th	Northumbrian	Melrose	Famous for the vision of the afterlife attributed to him by Bede; evidence for cult limited, but he is mentioned in the resting-place list of Hugh Candidus

Dunstan of Canterbury	10th	West Saxon	Canterbury St Augustine's

Eadberht of Lindisfarne	7th	Northumbrian	Lindisfarne	According to tradition, his bones were taken from Lindisfarne in the late 9th century

Eadburh of Bicester	7th	Mercian	Bicester

Eadburh of Pershore	unknown	Mercian	Pershore	possibly identified with Eadburh of Winchester

Eadburh of Southwell	unknown	Mercian	Southwell

Eadburh of Thanet	8th	Kentish	Lyminge

Eadburh of Winchester	10th	West Saxon	Winchester Nunnaminster

Eadfrith of Leominster	7th	Northumbrian	Leominster

Eadfrith of Lindisfarne	8th	Northumbrian	Lindisfarne	Tradition has it that his bones were taken from Lindisfarne in the late 9th century

Eadgar of England	10th	West Saxon	Glastonbury

Eadgyth of Aylesbury	unknown	Mercian	Aylesbury

Eadgyth of Polesworth	10th	West Saxon	Polesworth

Eadgyth of Wilton	10th	West Saxon	Wilton

Eadmund of East Anglia	9th	East Anglian	Bury St Edmunds

Eadmund the Confessor	unknown	obscure	unknown	Known only in the litany from Lambeth Palace MS 427, a 15th-century addition to a psalter of the 11th century

Eadnoth of Ramsey	11th	East Anglian	Ely

Eadthryth of Grantham	unknown	obscure	Grantham

Eadweard the Confessor	11th	West Saxon	Westminster

Eadweard the Martyr	10th	West Saxon	Shaftesbury

Eadweard of Maugersbury	unknown	Mercian	Maugersbury / Stow-on-the-Wold

Eadwine of Northumbria	7th	Northumbrian	Whitby / York

Eadwold of Cerne	9th	West Saxon	Cerne Abbas

Ealdberht of Ripon	8th	Northumbrian	Ripon / Peterborough

Ealdgyth of Stortford	unknown	Mercian	Bishops Stortford

Eanmund	8th	Northumbrian	unknown

Eanswith of Folkestone	7th	Kentish	Folkestone

Earconwald	7th	Mercian	London / Chertsey

Eardwulf of Northumbria	9th	Northumbrian	Breedon-on-the-Hill

Earmund of Stoke Fleming	unknown	West Saxon	Stoke Fleming

Eata of Hexham	7th	Northumbrian	Hexham

Ecgberht of Ripon	8th	Northumbrian	Ripon

Ecgwine of Evesham	8th	Mercian	Evesham

Echa of Crayke	8th	Gaelic / Northumbrian	Crayke

Edor of Chertsey	9th	West Saxon	Chertsey

Elfin of Warrington	unknown	British	Warrington

Eoda	7th	Northumbrian	unknown	may be identical with St. Oda

Eormengyth of Thanet	7th	Kentish	Minster-in-Thanet

Eosterwine of Monkwearmouth	7th	Northumbrian	Monkwearmouth

Evorhilda	unknown	West Saxon	Poppleton

Felix of Dommoc	7th	Frankish	Ramsey

Firmin of North Crawley	unknown	Roman?	North Crawley / Thorney	Compare Fermin, martyr and bishop of Amiens

Florentius of Peterborough	unknown	Roman	Peterborough	According to the Anglo-Saxon Chronicle MS E, his relics were transferred from Bonneval Abbey to Peterborough in 1013; he is perhaps Florentius of Sedun, martyred by the Vandals

Freomund of Mercia	9th	Mercian	Dunstable

Frithestan of Winchester	10th	West Saxon	Winchester Old Minster

Frithuric of Breedon	7th	Mercian	Breedon-on-the-Hill

Frithuswith of Oxford	8th	Mercian	Oxford

Frithuwold of Chertsey	7th	Mercian	Chertsey

Fursey of Cnobheresburg	7th	Gaelic / East Anglian	Péronne

Grimbald of St Bertin	10th	Frankish	Winchester New Minster

Guthlac of Crowland	8th	East Anglian	Crowland

Hadrian of Canterbury	8th	Roman	Canterbury St Augustine's	Born in the Roman exarchate of Africa, conquered by the Arabs in Hadrian's lifetime

Hædde of Winchester	8th	West Saxon	Winchester Old Minster

Hæmma of Leominster	7th	Mercian	Leominster

Hereberht of Huntingdon	unknown	obscure	unknown

Herefrith of Thorney	unknown	East Anglian	Thorney	May have been a bishop of Lindsey

Hilda of Whitby	7th	Northumbrian	Whitby / Glastonbury

Hildeburh	7th	Mercia	Dee Estuary

Hildelith of Barking	8th	East Saxon	Barking

Hiurmine of Blythburgh	7th	East Anglian	Blythburgh / Bury St Edmunds

Honorius of Canterbury	7th	Roman	Canterbury St Augustine's

Huna of Thorney	7th	East Anglian	Thorney

Humbert of Stokenham	unknown	West Saxon	Stokenham

Hwita of Whitchurch Canonicorum	unknown	West Saxon	Whitchurch Canonicorum

Hygebald of Lindsey	7th	obscure	Hibaldstow

Hyglac	8th	Northumbrian	unknown

Indract of Glastonbury	9th	Gaelic / West Saxon	Glastonbury

Inicium	unknown	obscure	Thorney	Body appears to have been in Bochesuurtha, perhaps either Boxworth or Buckworth, before resting at Thorney

Ivo of Ramsey	unknown	British	Ramsey

Iwig of Wilton	7th	Northumbrian	Wilton

Jermin	8th	East Anglian	Bury St. Edmunds	Killed at the Battle of Bulcamp, his body was translated from Blythburgh. Also known as Jurmin

John of Beverley	8th	Northumbrian	Beverley

John the Sage	unknown	obscure	Malmesbury	William of Malmesbury believed this saint to be John Scotus Erigena, while historian Michael Lapidge has suggested John the Old Saxon, scholar of Alfred the Great

Jordan of Bristol	unknown	obscure	College Green, Bristol	Jordan is only attested to as a saint of the Anglo-Saxon era in a 15th-century hymn and in the writings of later antiquarians.

Judoc of Winchester	7th	British	Winchester New Minster

Jurmin	7th	East Anglian	Killed in Battle with Penda	Prince of East Anglia, Son of King Anna

Justus of Canterbury	7th	Roman	Canterbury St Augustine's

Juthwara of Sherborne	6th	Dumnonia, sub-Roman British	Sherborne

Laurence of Canterbury	7th	Roman	Canterbury St Augustine's

Leofwynn of Bishopstone	7th	South Saxon	Bishopstone

Mærwynn of Romsey	10th	West Saxon	Romsey

Maildub of Malmesbury	7th	Gaelic / West Saxon	Malmesbury

Margaret of Wessex	11th	West Saxon	Dunfermline

Mellitus of Canterbury	7th	Roman	Canterbury St Augustine's

Melorius of Amesbury	unknown	British	Amesbury

Merefin	unknown	Mercian	unknown

Mildburh of Wenlock	8th	Mercian	Wenlock

Mildgyth	8th	Mercian	unknown

Mildrith of Thanet	8th	Mercian	Minster-in-Thanet / Canterbury St Augustine's

Milred of Worcester	8th	Mercian	Berkswell

Modwenna of Burton	unknown	Gaelic / Mercian	Burton

Monegunda of Watton	6th	Frankish	Watton

Nectan of Hartland	unknown	British	Hartland

Neot	unknown	British	St Neots

Nothhelm of Canterbury	8th	Kentish	Canterbury St Augustine's

Oda of Canterbury	10th	Anglo-Norse	Canterbury Christ Church

Odwulf of Evesham	9th	Frisian	Evesham

Osana of Howden	8th?	Northumbrian	Howden

Osburh of Coventry	unknown	Mercian	Coventry

Osgyth	7th	East Saxon	Chich / Aylesbury

Osthryth	7th	Northumbrian	Bardney

Oswald of Northumbria	7th	Northumbrian	Lindisfarne / Gloucester / various	Body rested at Bardney, hands at Bamburgh and head at Lindisfarne in the time of Bede; body was translated to Gloucester in 909; the right-arm was later at Peterborough, with the head at Durham and some other bones at Glastonbury

Oswald of Worcester	10th	Anglo-Norse	Worcester

Oswine of Northumbria	7th	Northumbrian	Tynemouth / Durham	Despite a brief period at Durham, Oswine rested at Tynemouth Priory; Durham possessed the head

Pandionia of Eltisley	unknown	obscure	Eltisley

Patrick	unknown	Romano-British	Glastonbury (/Armagh)	Body was alleged to be buried at Glastonbury in the Anglo-Saxon period, though it was discovered by John de Courcy and translated to Armagh Cathedral in 1185

Paulinus of York	7th	Roman	Rochester

Pega of Peakirk	8th	East Anglian	Peakirk

Rayne	unknown	obscure	unknown

Regenhere of Northampton	9th	East Anglian	Northampton

Ruffinus of Stone	7th	Mercia	Stone

Rumon of Tavistock	unknown	British	Ruan Lanihorne / Tavistock

Rumwold of Buckingham	unknown	Mercian	Buckingham

Samson of Dol	6th	British	Milton Abbas

Sæbbi of London	7th	East Saxon	London	Cult uncertain

Sativola of Exeter	6th	Dumnonia Sub-Roman British	Exeter	Venerated throughout the Middle Ages in Devon, she has been linked with the 6th Cornish anchoress Sitofolla, sister of Paul Aurelian

Seaxburh of Ely	8th	East Anglian	Ely

Sicgred of Ripon	8th	Northumbrian	Ripon / Peterborough

Sigeburh of Thanet	8th	Kentish	Minster-in-Thanet

Sigfrith of Monkwearmouth	7th	Northumbrian	Monkwearmouth

Swithhun of Winchester	9th	West Saxon	Winchester Old Minster

Tatberht of Ripon	8th	Northumbrian	Ripon / Peterborough

Tancred of Thorney	9th	East Anglian	Thorney

Torthred of Thorney	9th	East Anglian	Thorney

Tova of Thorney	9th	East Anglian	Thorney

Theodore of Canterbury	7th	Roman	Canterbury St Augustine's

Tibba of Ryhall	7th	Mercian	Ryhall / Peterborough

Ultan the Scribe	8th	Gaelic / Northumbrian	unknown	Gaelic scribe-priest known only from the 9th-century work of a monk named Æthelwulf, De Abbatibus

Urith of Chittlehampton	unknown	British	Chittlehampton	In Latin, Hyaritha; name probably represents Welsh Iwerydd

Wendreda	7th	East Anglian	Ely/March, Cambridgeshire

Werburh of Chester	8th	Mercian	Hanbury / Chester

Wærstan	unknown	Mercian	Great Malvern

Walstan of Bawburgh	unknown	East Anglian	Bawburgh

Wigstan of Repton	9th	Mercian	Repton / Evesham

Wihtberht	8th	Northumbrian	Ripon

Wihtburh of Ely	8th	East Anglian	Ely

Wihtred of Thorney	unknown	obscure	Thorney

Wilfrith of Hexham	8th	Northumbrian	Ripon / Canterbury Christ Church

Wilfrith II	8th	Northumbrian	Ripon

Wilgils of Ripon	7th	Northumbrian	Ripon / Peterborough

Wilgyth of Cholsey	6th	Dumnonia, sub-Roman Britain	Cholsey

Wulfgar of Peterborough	unknown	obscure	Peterborough

Wulfhad of Stone	7th	obscure	Stone

Wulfhild of Barking	11th	Mercian	Barking

Wulfram of Grantham	8th	Frankish	Grantham

Wulfric of Holme	10th	East Anglian	Holme

Wulfsige of Sherborne	11th	West Saxon	Sherborne

Wulfthryth	11th	West Saxon	Wilton

Wynthryth of March	unknown	obscure	March / Ely

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Osburh was an Anglo-Saxon saint who rested at Coventry.

final_sentence: Osburh was an Anglo-Saxon saint who rested at Coventry.