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FRYDESWYDE (saint), fl. c. A.D. 680-735, became the patron saint of the town and University of Oxford. She was supposed to heal the sick.
The carpenter calls on St. Frydeswyde, MillT 3449, appropriate since the action of the story takes place in Oxford. [John2]
R.H. Cline, "Four Chaucer Saints." MLN 60 (1945): 480-482; E.W. Watson, The Cathedral Church of Christ in Oxford.
From CHAUCER NAME DICTIONARY
Copyright © 1988, 1996 Jacqueline de Weever
Published by Garland Publishing, Inc., New York and London.
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