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St. Rumwald

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St. Rumwald

Confessor, Patron of Brackley and Buckingham

Rumwald was a young child whose shrine was honoured at Buckingham. Butler records the earlier burial at Sutthun and translation to Brackley, naming him patron of both towns.

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What patronage is associated with St. Rumwald?

St. Rumwald is traditionally honored as a patron of Brackley and Buckingham.

Butler’s 1846 heading expressly names Rumwald patron of these two towns. This is historical local patronage, separate from disputed details of his early life.

Historical source

Alban Butler, The Lives of the Fathers, Martyrs, and Other Principal Saints, Volume XI (November), Thomas Richardson and Son, Derby, for the Catholic Book Society, 1846; November 3, “St Rumwald, Confessor, Patron of Brackley and Buckingham,” p. 100. Read the source

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Shrine remembered: Buckingham
The notice records earlier burial at Sutthun and translation through Brackley before the shrine at Buckingham.

Butler sourceAlban Butler, The Lives of the Fathers, Martyrs, and Other Principal Saints, Volume XI (November), Thomas Richardson and Son, Derby, for the Catholic Book Society, 1846; November 3, “St Rumwald, Confessor, Patron of Brackley and Buckingham,” p. 100.

Butler’s Lives of the Saints (1846)Alban Butler, The Lives of the Fathers, Martyrs, and Other Principal Saints, Volume XI (November), Thomas Richardson and Son, Derby, for the Catholic Book Society, 1846; November 3, “St Rumwald, Confessor, Patron of Brackley and Buckingham,” p. 100.

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ⓘ Butler source

Alban Butler, The Lives of the Fathers, Martyrs, and Other Principal Saints, Volume XI (November), Thomas Richardson and Son, Derby, for the Catholic Book Society, 1846; November 3, “St Rumwald, Confessor, Patron of Brackley and Buckingham,” p. 100.

Rumwald is remembered as a child who died very young. Butler’s notice names the bishop Widerin in connection with his baptism and the priest Eadwold as his godfather. It records November 3 as the day of his death.

He was first buried at Sutthun. The notice then follows the translation of his remains to Brackley and later to Buckingham. His shrine at Buckingham became a place of devotion.

Butler expressly names him patron of Brackley and Buckingham. He also records an August 28 observance at Brackley, which he regards as probably connected with the translation of the relics. The dates of remembrance are kept distinct, and no precise year is assigned to the child’s brief life.

Historical note

An original Novena Regina reading adapted and summarized from the cited pre-1962 sources. This is not a transcription of Butler’s words.

The early-life details follow the short traditional notice. August 28 is identified by Butler as probably a relic-translation observance, distinct from the November 3 commemoration.

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