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st swithin’s day

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  1. St Swithin’s Day

    The day of the attempted reinterment (15th July) of the body of St Swithin, preceptor of King Ethelwulf and Bishop of Rochester, whose death took place 2nd July 862. Not regarding himself worthy to be “laid” within the sacred edifice, he requested that he might be buried just outside the door in the churchyard, so that the faithful would walk over his grave. Although they acceded to this last wish, the monks decided afterwards to lay him inside the church; but their design was frustrated for forty successive days by a pouring rain, until at last they desisted from the attempt. This circumstance gave rise to the saying that “If it rains on St Swithin’s day it will rain for forty days.”

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  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of st swithin’s day in Chaldean Numerology is: 5

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of st swithin’s day in Pythagorean Numerology is: 1

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