St Winefride’s Well
Sometimes called ‘The Lourdes of Wales’, St Winefride’s Well (Ffynnon Gwenffrewi) is unique in the British Isles as a place of unbroken pilgrimage. Legend tells that in 660 AD, Winefride (Gwenffrewi), a nobleman’s daughter, was beheaded by a local chieftain named Caradoc who was enraged when she spurned his lustful advances.
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Miraculously, a spring issued forth from the spot where her severed head came to rest. Her uncle, St Beuno, restored her head to her body, and Winefride later became Abbess of the Convent of Gwytherin, near Denbigh.
For over 1300 years people have travelled here to seek cures for themselves or for their loved ones. Indeed, pilgrims still come from across the world in their thousands to bathe in the holy waters which, interestingly, remain at an almost constant temperature and never freeze.
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