{"id":13208,"date":"2018-09-20T10:26:46","date_gmt":"2018-09-20T08:26:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/test4.mi-backup.ch\/?p=13208"},"modified":"2018-09-20T10:26:46","modified_gmt":"2018-09-20T08:26:46","slug":"st-winefrides-well-the-lourdes-of-wales","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/test4.mi-backup.ch\/en\/st-winefrides-well-the-lourdes-of-wales\/","title":{"rendered":"St. Winefride\u2019s Well \u2013 the Lourdes of Wales"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>On Saturday (the 15<sup>th<\/sup> of September), approximately 17 faithful attended the pilgrimage to St. St. Winefride\u2019s Well \u2013 the Lourdes of Wales (UK).<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-13209\" src=\"https:\/\/test4.mi-backup.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/news_1279_F.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"261\" height=\"250\" srcset=\"https:\/\/test4.mi-backup.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/news_1279_F.jpg 261w, https:\/\/test4.mi-backup.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/news_1279_F-32x32.jpg 32w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 261px) 100vw, 261px\" \/>Winefride was a 7<sup>th<\/sup> century Welsh woman who rejected the advances of a suitor, who cut off her head. Legend has it that her head rolled down a hill, and, where it came to rest, a spring began to flow. Her uncle, St. Beuno miraculously restored her head to her body and Winefride went on to become an Abbess, eventually dying around 660AD.<\/p>\n<p>The locals built a chapel above the shrine, and it has been a place of pilgrimage for the past 1300 years without interruption. Many miracles have been attributed to the healing powers of St. Winefride\u2019s well, and for that reason it has gained the pseudonym of \u201cthe Lourdes of Wales\u201d.\u00a0 It must be kept in mind that this shrine is known as the \u201cLourdes of Wales\u201d because of the number of cures that have been obtained through the intercession of St. Winefride. It has never been the site of an apparition by the Blessed Virgin Mary, and must not be confused on that score with Lourdes.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On Saturday (the 15th of September), approximately 17 faithful attended the pilgrimage to St. St. Winefride\u2019s Well \u2013 the Lourdes of Wales (UK).<a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/test4.mi-backup.ch\/en\/st-winefrides-well-the-lourdes-of-wales\/\">Read More &rarr;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9,"featured_media":13209,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[204,90],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/test4.mi-backup.ch\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13208"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/test4.mi-backup.ch\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/test4.mi-backup.ch\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/test4.mi-backup.ch\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/9"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/test4.mi-backup.ch\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=13208"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/test4.mi-backup.ch\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13208\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":13217,"href":"https:\/\/test4.mi-backup.ch\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13208\/revisions\/13217"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/test4.mi-backup.ch\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/13209"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/test4.mi-backup.ch\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=13208"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/test4.mi-backup.ch\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=13208"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/test4.mi-backup.ch\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=13208"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}