Saint Swithun was from Winchester, England and is widely remembered because on St. Switun’s Day, July 15 (my birthday),  if it rains, it will rain for forty days and forty nights!  This from the British weather love proverb:

St Swithun’s day if thou dost rain

For forty days it will remain

St Swithun’s day if thou be fair

For forty days ’twill rain na mair

Thus far, as I recall, it has yet to rain on my date of birth.  Hopefully, this year will be the same!

Chris DeCarlo