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ST. WiNlPRED SOS pooplo, the Saint kiokod off her other boot. His character was cleared : his life was saved. Early in the fifteenth oentory the body of Wilgefortis was believed to be buried at Steinwart in Holland, and a solemn translation was made. The AA.S8, prononnoesher legends to be a labyrinth from which there is no exit. She is specially venerated at Neufahrn in Bavaria, where the carved wooden altar- piece in the church is her image wearing a crown and a beard : it is said to have arrived there floating on the Isar; a woodcutter, who was working in the forest with others on the bank of the river, struck it with his axe; blood immediately flowed from the figure of the saint; the bishop heard of it and came with a procession to take up the pictured saint ; he placed it on a cart ; two oxen were allowed to draw it wherever they would ; they proceeded to Neufahrn, where miraculous cures at once proclaimed its sanctity, and where it continues to be a highly prized relic : in the seventeenth century sixty pro- cessions went year by year to honour it. The history of the image is set forth on six large panels on the walls of the church : they are very interesting speci- mens of ancient Bavarian painting. AAJSS, Stadler. Eckenstein. St Wilgith or Willgith. (See JOTHWARA.) St. Wilhelmina, pseudo-saint, -|- 1282. During her lifetime, Wilhelmina was accepted by Milan as a saint and worker of miracles. Her doctrines were kept secret among the initiated, but it seems that she held herself to be an incarnation of the Holy Ohost. Her disciple Mayfreda was appointed to be her vicar on earth, after her death, resurrection and ascension, and was to celebrate mass at her tomb and to preach and baptize. Her body was interred at Chiaravalle; miracles were obtained and votive offerings adorned her altar. She had three annual festivals, and indulgences were promised to those who visited her tomb. About twenty years after her death, the clergy of Milan suddenly awoke to the scandal that wc^ in the midst of their flock ; the quoi^rlaP saint was cast out of her grave; May- freda and her assistant were burnt as heretics and blasphemers, and the bones of their mistress shared with them the fate she had escaped in her life. Milman, Latin Christianity. Hare, Cities of Italy. B. Wilitrudis, Wiltrude (2). St WilUbrand, Wibband. St Wiltrude (l) or Wilfbtbudk, Nov. 23, 7th century. Founder of the convent of the Shepherds, near Neuborg in Germany. Bepresented ^1) holding a book, at her feet a countess s crown, in the sky a cross on which rests the holy dove ; (2) either this or another Wil- trude is represented in Bavaria Sancta^ as a queen kneeling before her husband, begging for leave to become a nun. Guenebault. B. Wiltrude (2) or Wilitbudis, + c. 1081. First abbess of Hohenwart, O.S.B., founded by her father Count Eatbod or Bapatho von Taum, and her mother Hemma, in honour of St. Mary and St. Peter. When their son Ortolph returned from the crusade, their daugh- ter Wiltrude gave all her fortune to Uiis nunnery and took the veil there. Stadler. The Bollandists pass her over. St. BioHiLDA was a nun under Wiltrude. St. Winburg, Milbubo. Brit. Piety. St. Winfrida, Winifbkd. St. Winifred, Nov. 3, June 22, V. -|- c. 660 (Wknbfbbda, Wekbfbidb, Win- FBIDA, WiNNIPBKD, YbNEFBBDE, GuEN- FBBWT, GuBNFBIDA, GuENWEBA, GuINE- FBoiE, Brewo), patron of Powidand and of St. Betmo in Wales. Bepresented carrying her head in her hand. She was daughter of Thevith, a great and rich man in North Wales. She was instructed by St. Beuno or Benno, who is supposed to be her uncle; he gave her the religious veil, with the approval of her father and mother. One day her parents and the servants were in church, Beuno was officiating, and Winifred was left alone in the house. She was at* tacked by Caradoo, son of King Alan. She fled towards the church. He over- took her and cut off her head. Where it fell there sprang up a well of clear water. Beuno informed the assembled Christians that Winifred had vowed to lead a virtuous and celibate life and had