Directory of Saint Birinus Resources

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St. Birinus, or Berin, was the first bishop of Dorchester. He is called the Apostle of Wessex because of his missionary efforts among the West Saxons. He died 3 December, 650.

Resources in This Category

• Britannia: St. Birinus

  http://www.britannia.com/bios/birinus.html
  Biography of the missionary bishop.

• Catholic Online: St. Birinus

  http://www.catholic.org/saints/saint.php?saint_id=1794
  Short biography.

• St. Birinus (Berin)

  http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/02578a.htm
  Confessor, first Bishop of Dorchester, Apostle of Wessex, d. 650. Article in the Catholic Encyclopedia.

 

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