Saint Wite

Saint Wite (pronounced Wee-ta[1]) was a 9th-century Saxon holy woman from Dorset who was killed by marauding Danes.

[5] The chroniclers William of Worcester and John Gerard recorded the history of Saint Wite in the 15th and 16th centuries.

[4] Local oral tradition recounts that Saint Wite lived as a hermit on secluded cliffs in prayer and solitude.

[7] The shrine containing her relics is located in the north transept of the parish Church of St Candida and Holy Cross in Whitchurch Canonicorum, in the Marshwood Vale between Bridport and Lyme Regis, Dorset.

The 13th century base of the limestone and marble shrine has three oval openings into which were placed diseased limbs or articles belonging to the sick.