Egwin of Evesham Benedictine historian, Jean Mabillon, he died on 30 December 720, although his death is generally accepted as having occurred three years earlier on 30 December 717. He died at the abbey he had founded, and his remains were enshrined there. A hagiography, the"Vita Sancti Egwini", was written by Dominic of Evesham, a medieval prior of Evesham Abbey around 1130. His tomb was destroyed, along with the abbey church, at the time of the dissolution of the abbey in 1540. Egwin of Evesham Egwin of Evesham (died 30 December 717) was a Benedictine monk and, later, the third Bishop of Worcester
French Towns and Lands of Art and History were part of this network. A more accurate and readily-understandable translation of "pays" would be "district" (Towns and Districts of Art and History), as the word "pays" refers to an administrative area centered on a town or village - akin to a district or subdivision of an English county. The numbers in brackets are those assigned by the Ministry to the départements. - Towns of Art and of History: Mulhouse (68), Strasbourg (67) - Land of Art and of History : Pays du Val d'Argent, Pays de Guebwiller (68) - Towns of Art and of History : Autun (71), Auxerre