Winnoc
Saint Winnoc | |
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Saint Winnoc of Flanders | |
| Born | c. 640 |
| Died | c. 716/717 |
| Venerated in | Roman Catholic Church Eastern Orthodox Church Anglican Communion |
| Feast | 6 November; translation of relics (18 September); Exaltation of Saint Winnoc (formerly kept on 20 February) |
| Attributes | abbot with a crown and scepter at his feet, turning a hand-mill, often with a church and bridge nearby; in ecstasy while grinding corn; with Saint Bertin |
| Patronage | Millers; against fever; against whooping cough; against drought. |
Winnoc (c. 640-c. 716/717) was an abbot or prior of Wormhout. Three lives of the saint are extant (BHL 8952-4). The best of them is the first life, which was written by a monk of Bertin in the mid-9th century or perhaps a century earlier.