Swithun

Swithun (ili Swithin, staroengleski: Swīþhūn; ? - cca. 862) bio je anglosakonski biskup Winchestera kasnije proglašen za sveca-zaštitnika Winchesterske katedrale. Na mjestu biskupa je bio od 852. do 862. godine, a njegova historijska uloga je zasjenjena posthumnog reputacijom čudotvorca. Prema tradiciji, vrijeme na njegov blagdan (15. jul) se nastavlja četrdeset dana.

• Powicke, F. Maurice and E. B. Fryde Handbook of British Chronology 2nd. ed. London:Royal Historical Society 1961.
• Andrew Godsell "Saint Swithin and the Rain" in "Legends of British History" (2008).
• Lapidge, Michael. Cult of St Swithun (Oxford, 2003) (Winchester Studies, 4.ii).
• Yorke, Barbara. "Swithun [St Swithun] (d. 863)." Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. Oxford University Press, 2004.
• Deshman, Robert, "Saint Swithun in Early Medieval Art," in Idem, Eye and Mind: Collected Essays in Anglo-Saxon and Early Medieval Art Edited by Adam Cohen (Kalamazoo, Michigan: Medieval Institute Publications, Western Michigan University, 2010) (Publications of the Richard Rawlinson Center).

• "St. Swithin or Swithun, Bishop and Patron of Winchester, Confessor", Butler's Lives of the Saints
• Catholic Encyclopedia entry on St. Swithin
• Guardian netnotes on St. Swithin's Day
• Wilson's Almanac Arhivirano 2011-10-10 na Wayback Machine-u
• Prosopography of Anglo Saxon England entry for Swithun^{[mrtav link]}
• BBC "Landward" feature on St. Swithin's Day

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