Swithin, St
/ˈswɪðɪn/(亦作Swithun)
- (d. 862) , English ecclesiastic. He was bishop of Winchester from 852. The tradition that if it rains on St Swithin's Day it will do so for the next forty days may have its origin in the heavy rain said to have occurred when his relics were to be transferred to a shrine in Winchester cathedral. Feast day, 15 July.圣斯威森（卒于862年, 英国基督教传教士, 从852年起任温彻斯特主教; 相传他的遗体在被送到温彻斯特大教堂的圣地时天降大雨, 所以后来传说如果在圣斯威森日下雨的话, 在往后的四十天都会下雨; 纪念日7月15日）。