The Choughly Saint's HALO Cache
Series
It’s based on parts of “The Saints Way”, a
circuit of some 22 miles, taking in coastline, moorland, a tor and
a selection of delightful towns and villages - with many spots to
stop for tea or if you’re that way inclined there’s a
lovely selection of fine Cornish Pubs on the way round.
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HALO - St
Winnow |
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Comments |
Also known
as
- Vinocus
- Winnoc of
Flanders
- Winnoc of
Wormhoudt
- Winnoc of
Wormhoult
- Winnow
- Winoc
- Winocus
- Wunnoc
Memorial
- 6
November
- 18 September
(translation of relics)
- 20 February
(exaltation of Saint Winnoc)
Profile
Noble birth; possibly a prince, and some sources say his father was
Saint Judicael. Raised and educated in Brittany, his family running
there to escape the Saxons. Monk. Founded Saint Winnow's church in
Cornwall, England. Monk at Sithiu (Saint Omer) under abbot Saint
Bertin. Founded the monastery, church and hospital of Wormhout near
Dunkirk, served as abbot, and used it as a base to evangelize the
area.
Humble, and ever mindful of the apostolic precept "if any would not
work, neither should he eat", Winnoc threw himself into the manual
labour of the monasteries, doing as much of the tough and
disagreeable as any monk in the house. When enfeebled by old age,
Winnoc prayed for help to continue his work; he received divine
help to work a hand corn mill, making flour for his brothers and
the poor. Another monk, out of curiosity, peeped through a crack in
the mill-house door to see how the old man did so much work; he was
stuck blind for his impertinence, but was healed by Winnoc's
intercession.
Born
Died
- 6 November 716 or
717
- originally buried
at Wormhout
- relics translated
to Bergues-Saint-Winnoc in 899
- people who stood
along the route taken by the monks were reported to have been
healed of many illnesses, especially coughs and fevers, and they
have been brought out to stop drought
- the monastery was
burned by Protestants in 1558 destroying some relics, by some of
Winnoc's have survived
Patronage
- against
fever
- against whooping
cough
- millers
Representation
- 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
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Shops |
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| HALO Website |
You'll find a selection of useful hints and tips,
as well as a printable User Guide and a HALO series Passport for
collecting copies of the Rubber stamps you'll find on the way round
at The Choughly Saint's Webpages Here.
There's a special HALO Forum if you wish to ask
for any help or advice Here
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| Lucky Chough
Contest |
If you're lucky enough to find a small, lovingly
handcrafted chough in any of the caches, then you could be lucky
enough to win one of a very limited number of the 2008 Cornish
Geocoin in an Antique Bronze finish. Just Email Choughly, and you'll be
entered into his lucky draw to win the coin.
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| General HALO
Information |
This cache is part of a 21 Mile circuit, placed
by a number of Cornish Cachers.
There are 14 Caches as part of the series that
may contain Rubber stamps that you can use to record your visit. If
you'd like to do this you'll need to carry your own stamp Pad.
There's a GeoPost Office as one of the caches -
if you wish to send a postcard then you'll need to carry a Royal
Mail stamp with you.
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