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Winebald. She was sent to a convent famed for its holiness when
she was eleven, while her father and brothers went on a
pilgrimage to the Holy Land. She became a nun and lived there
for twenty-six years. Saint Boniface was her uncle and he brought
her to what is now Germany to assist him in evangelising the
country and to establish the Church in the area. Her brothers also
worked in the area as an abbot and the other a bishop. She
became the first female author of England and Germany,
documenting the travels of her brother and the work she did. She
was a miracle worker and healer, both alive and after her death.
Her relics exude oil which has healing properties.
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