St Swithing's day
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I didn't know that Saint, but we have a saint with the same qualifications St Medardus on 5th June. 😃
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St Swithin's Day falls on July 15 every year.
According to tradition, whatever the weather is like on that day - whether rainy or sunny - it will continue for the next 40 days and 40 nights.
As a child, St Medardus was said to have once been sheltered from rain by an eagle which hovered over him. This is how he was most commonly depicted, and is why he is associated with weather, good or bad, and why he is held to protect those who work in the open air. The weather legend concerning St Medardus is similar to Saint Swithun in England.
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