Saint
St Werburgh banishes the geese
The flock rose and never came back.
See it clearly
- What's there
- Stained-glass window of the saint and geese
- Legend from
- Goscelin's Life of Werburgh
- Tone
- Gentle
She called the geese, and they obeyed.
St Werburgh, living at Weedon, was told wild geese were ruining the cornfields; she called the geese to her and ordered them to leave and not return. Goscelin's version adds a goose eaten by a servant that she restored to life. The parish church of St Peter and St Paul shows the tale in a stained-glass window.