5th century. The first extant record of Saint Lewina dates from 1058,
when her relics were translated from Seaford (near Lewes) or Alfriston
in Sussex, England, with those of Saint Idaberga (not sure which one)
and portions of Saint Oswald, to Saint Winnoc's Abbey Church in Bergues,
Flanders, where she had been venerated and her relics honoured by
numerous miracles, especially at the time of the translation. A history
of these miracles was written by Drogo, an eyewitness to several of
them. Lewina is reputed to have been a British maiden martyred by the
invading Saxons
(
Benedictines,
Encyclopaedia,
Farmer,
Husenbeth).