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==In modern tradition== Frideswide remains the [[patron saint]] of Oxford and its university, and there is a revived tradition of pilgrimages to Christ Church.<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Garner |first=Lori Ann |date=2022 |title='If tradition can be trusted': Pilgrimage, place, and the legend(s) of Saint Frideswide |journal=Modern Language Review |language=en |volume=117 |issue=4 |pages=581β607 |doi=10.1353/mlr.2022.0115 |s2cid=252669922 |issn=2222-4319}}</ref> In later art, she is depicted holding the pastoral staff of an [[abbess]] with a fountain springing up near her and an ox at her feet. She appears in medieval stained glass, and in Pre-Raphaelite stained glass by [[Edward Burne-Jones]] in Christ Church Cathedral, Oxford, in the chapel where her shrine is also located.
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