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About St. Frideswide
c. 650 – 727 · Feast October 19 · Abbess
Anglo-Saxon abbess (c. 650-727), princess-foundress of a double monastery at Oxford on the site of the present Christ Church cathedral; according to legend fled the unwelcome attentions of King Algar, who was struck blind for pursuing her. Patron of Oxford and the university. Pre-Congregation cultus.
St. Frideswide is the patron saint of Oxford, Eye Ailments and Fugitives.
