or 648), Bishop, Apostle to the East Angles—8 March Frideswide, Prioress at Oxford (Christ Church) George, allegedly martyred at Nicomedia in 303, his major shrine was at Constantinople, patron saint of England Robert Grosseteste ( 1175–1253), Bishop of Lincoln, Philosopher, Scientist Hilda ( 614–680), Abbess of Whitby Hugh (1135 to 1140–1200), Carthusian monk and Bishop of Lincoln—17 November Julian of Norwich ( 1342 – c. 1416), spiritual writer, mystic—8 May, 13 May Margery Kempe ( 1373 – after 1438), housewife and mystic Margaret ( 1045–1093), Queen of Scotland, mystic—10 June or 16 November Mellitus (d. 624), first Bishop of London—24 April Mildred (ca. 660–730), Abbess of Minster-in-Thanet—13 July Kentigern (d. 614), Bishop of Cumbria—13 January Ninian (4th or 5th century), Bishop of Galloway, Apostle of the Picts—16 September Osmund (d. 1099), Bishop of Salisbury—4 December Oswald ( 604–642), King of Northumbria, martyr—5 August Oswald of Worcester (d. 992), bishop of Worcester—29/28 February Paulinus of York (d. 644), Archbishop of York, missionary—10 October Petroc (d. 564), missionary to the West Country—4 June Piran (d. 480), patron saint of Cornwall and tinners—5 March Richard, Bishop of Chichester (1197–1253) Richard Rolle (1290–1349) of Hampole, spiritual writer Edmund Rich of Abingdon (1175–1240), Archbishop of Canterbury—16 November Swithun (d. 862), Bishop of Winchester—15 July in England and 2 July in Norway Theodore of Tarsus (602–690), Archbishop of Canterbury—19 September Thomas Becket ( 1118–1170), Archbishop of Canterbury, martyr—29 December Thomas de Cantilupe (1218-82), bishop of Hereford—25 August/2 October William Tyndale ( 1494–1536), translator of the Scriptures, martyr—6 October The Venerable Bede (672 or 673–735), monk at Jarrow, scholar, historian—western churches 25 May, and Orthodox churches 27 May Wilfrid ( 633- 709), bishop, missionary William of Ockham ( 1287–1347), friar, philosopher William of York (1141-53), bishop—8 June William of Perth (d. ca. 1201), pilgrim, enshrined at Rochester Cathedral—23 May/22April Willibrord of York ( 658–739), bishop, Apostle of Frisia—7 November Wulfstan (d. 1095), Bishop of Worcester—19 January Examples of modern Anglican saints The ninth Lambeth Conference held in 1958 clarified the commemoration of Saints and Heroes of the Christian Church in the Anglican Communion. Resolution 79 stated: In the case of scriptural saints, care should be taken to commemorate men or women in terms which are in strict accord with the facts made known in Holy Scripture. In the case of other names, the Calendar should be limited to those whose historical character and devotion are beyond doubt.