12. SAINT AILWIN, HERMIT OF ATHELNEY

Our holy Father Ailwin (Ethelwin) was the brother of King Cenwalh of Wessex and founder of the Abbey of Athelney in the seventh century. He suffered from illness all his life. However, after his death he worked many healings for those who sought his intercession.

(Sources: William of Malmesbury, Gesta Pontificum Anglorum, II, 92; David Farmer, The Oxford Dictionary of Saints, Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1978, p. 140)