Saint Egwin

Egwin (died 717), of the royal house of Mercia, became the third Bishop of Worcester. Falsely accused, he fastened iron shackles on his own legs, threw the key into the River Avon and set out for Rome; the key was found inside a fish caught in the Tiber, and he was freed of the charges. A vision of the Virgin Mary to a swineherd later showed him where to build Evesham Abbey.

The Feast of the Holy Family is usually on the Sunday after Christmas; in years when Christmas falls on a Sunday, it is celebrated on December 30.