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Holy Women – Saint Werbergh
The Vice Dean of Chester Cathedral, Rev Rosie Woodall shares the story of the patron saint of Chester, St Werbergh.
The Vice Dean of Chester Cathedral, Reverend Rosie Woodall shares the story of the patron saint of Chester, St Werbergh. This famous Anglo-Saxon Holy Woman shunned wealth and privilege and instead founded, and was Abbess over, several monastic houses and nunneries.
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Werburgh, Princess Royal of Mercia - Imogen, Josephine and Clemmie at Durham Cathedral
Beati Quorum Via - Stanford
Ave Maria - Simon Lindley - Imogen, Josephine and Clemmie at Durham Cathedral
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Wed 19 Aug 202609:45
BBC Radio 4 Extra
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