St. Winnoc (Winoc) of Wormhoult, Abbot
6 November
Died 717. Winnoc was of royal blood and, while probably of British
origin, was raised in Brittany. It is likely that, like many
others, his family fled to the Continent to escape the Saxons. He
became a monk at Sithiu under
Saint Bertin (f.d. September 5),
by whom
he was eventually sent with three companions to establish a new
foundation among the Morini at Wormhoudt near Dunkirk. He became its
first abbot and from that centre evangelized the whole neighbourhood.
Winnoc's name figures in many medieval English calendars; he is
apparently titular saint of Saint Winnow near Lostwithiel
(Attwater,
Benedictines).
Saint Winnoc is depicted as an abbot with a crown and sceptre at his
feet, turning a hand-mill. There is generally a church and a bridge
near him. Sometimes he is shown (1) in ecstasy while grinding corn, or
(2) with Saint Bertinus. Abbot of Wormhoult. Venerated at Sithiu
(Roeder).
He is the patron of millers
(Encyclopaedia).
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