Swithun of Winchester
c. 800 AD — July 2, 863 AD · Feast day: July 15
Swithun of Winchester walked his diocese on foot and dined with the poor rather than the nobles of Wessex — a 9th-century bishop whose humility attracted little notice in his lifetime. His fame came a century after his death: when his relics were moved to a grander shrine in 971, miracles erupted, his cult swept England, and his feast day became the most famous weather omen in English folklore.