Winifred

Winifred, St, according to the legend, was a noble British maiden, whose head the prince Caradog cut off because she repelled his unholy proposals. The head rolled down a hill, and where it stopped a spring gushed forth—famous after as a place of pilgrimage, Holywell in Flintshire (see WELLS). The saint's head was replaced by St Beuno, and St Winifred survived the miracle fifteen years.—For Winifred, see BONIFACE.