Frithuswith

Saint Frithuswith
Depiction of Margaret the Virgin and Frideswide in Christ Church, Oxford, 14th century.
Born	7th century upper Thames region
Died	19 October 727 Oxford
Venerated in	Anglicanism Eastern Orthodox Church Roman Catholic Church
Major shrine	Christ Church, Oxford
Feast	19 October 12 February (translation) 15 May (invention)
Attributes	pastoral staff; a fountain; the ox
Patronage	Oxford, England; University of Oxford

Frithuswith hiding with swine. From a stained glass in the Lady Chapel At Gloucester Cathedral.

St Margaret's Well, Binsey, Oxfordshire.

Frithuswith or Fritheswith (Old English: Fryðesƿeoð or Friðesƿyð, Latinized Frideswide; died 19 October 727) was an English princess and abbess who became the patron saint of Oxford and its university. She is credited as the foundress of a monastery later incorporated into Christ Church Cathedral, Oxford. She was the daughter of a sub-king of Mercia named Dida of Eynsham whose lands occupied western Oxfordshire and the upper reaches of the River Thames.