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Holy wells & saints

Springs that burst out at a saint's prayer, wells that cured the blind, and the saints who made them.

Holy wells & saints · Royal legends · OxfordshireSt Frideswide and the Blinded KingA princess who wouldn't marry, a king struck blind at the gates of Oxford, and a spring that burst from the ground at Binsey.Read the tale