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"Athelstan came to Exeter in 926, and drove out the British inhabitants. He built towers and repaired the old Roman walls; he it was who founded the monastery of SS. Mary and Peter, afterwards to become the Cathedral; and, we are told, he gave to it relics of S. Sidwell. This was a local saint, of whom very little is known, save that she was the sister of Paul, who became abbot and bishop of Léon, in Brittany. She had two sisters, Wulvella and Jutwara, called also Jutwell and Eadware. Though the names seem Saxon, they are corruptions of Celtic originals. Wulvella became an abbess at Gulval, near Penzance, where she entertained her brother as he was on his way to Armorica. Sidwell is supposed to have been a martyr, possibly to Saxon brutality, but this is very uncertain, as her story has not been preserved. She has as her symbols a scythe and a well—"canting" symbols framed from her name. Her brother Paul founded a church that still retains his name, in the British portion of Exeter."

A Book of the West Volume 1 Chapter 5

All the best: Rich Farmbrough, 09:13, 1 July 2019 (UTC).

Water miracle
According to the Songs of Praise broadcast on Sunday 16 May 2021, Saint Sidwell had her head chopped off with a scythe just outside her native Exeter, and where her head fell, water began to spout out on the ground. This was said to be a miracle, and probably merits mention in the article. Rollo August (talk) 21:15, 16 May 2021 (UTC)