Saints
	Wells were subject to a new use by the Christian church, providing a Saint or missionary with water, or acting as baptisteries that were made miraculous through his deeds. However Wells also fulfilled a new more sinister role in destroying the pagan belief of the Romano Britains. Pagan worship was forbidden, evident in a torrent of edicts demanding that a bishop should 'abolish this usage' of fountains [452, Second Council of Arles], and 'forbid the worship of fountains' [567, Council of Tours], denouncing those 'who offer vows […] to wells [Council of Rouen and Toledo]. To enact these edicts, the people had to be turned from paganism to Christianity. This saw Wells being converted by a Saint's vision [as at Walsingham], or actions such as a Saint fighting a demon, striking water from the ground, or water marking where a Saint was murdered. These sites remain Christian, venerated in customs such as Well Dressing, but like the Wells they adorn, these customs are pagan in origin.