Birinus

Saint Birinus
Bishop of Dorchester
Stained glass window of Birinus at Dorchester Abbey
Appointed	before 634
Term ended	3 December 649
Predecessor	diocese established
Successor	Agilbertus
Orders
Consecration	by Asterius of Milan
Personal details
Born	c. 600 Francia[citation needed]
Died	3 December 649 or 650 Dorchester, Wessex (England)
Sainthood
Feast day	3 December (Catholic) 4 September (Anglican)
Venerated in	Roman Catholic Church Eastern Orthodox Church Anglican Communion
Attributes	Bishop, sometimes baptising a king
Patronage	Berkshire; Dorchester
Shrines	Dorchester Abbey, now destroyed. Small parts survive. Modern replica now in place. (Or Winchester Cathedral, now destroyed.)

Birinus (also Berin, Birin; c. 600 – 3 December 649 or 650) was the first Bishop of Dorchester^[1] and was known as the "Apostle to the West Saxons" for his conversion of the Kingdom of Wessex to Christianity. He is venerated as a saint by the Roman Catholic Church, the Eastern Orthodox Church, and Anglican churches.