St Bede, or
the Venerable Bede, as he is often called, was born in
673 A.D. on the land of the
monastery of Saints Peter and Paul in Wearmouth. At the age of 7 he was
entrusted to the care of Benedict Biscop, the founder of the monastery, and then
to Ceolfrith who in 681 was appointed Abbot of the monastery’s new foundation in
Jarrow. Bede spent the rest of his life in the monastery. He was ordained
deacon at the age of 19 and priest at 30...
Abbot of
St. Augustine's, Canterbury, Abbot of
Wearmouth, Abbot of
Jarrow.Died:
12th January AD 689 at Wearmouth, Co Durham.
Biscop Baducing was born in Northumbria in
AD 628, of a noble English family. When quite a young man, he stood high in the
Royal favour and was rewarded for his services to King Oswiu by the gift of a
possession in land suitable to his rank...
Beuno
was born in Powys, supposedly at Berriew, the grandson of a prince of that
realm. After education and ordination in the monastery of
Bangor-on-Dee
in north-east
Wales,
he became an active missionary, Cadfan, King of Gwynedd, being his generous
benefactor…
Almost
all that is known of St. Boisil is learnt from Bede (Eccles. Hist., IV,
xxvii, and Vita Cuthberti). He derived his information from Sigfrid, a monk of
Jarrow, who had previously been trained by Boisil at
Melrose.
St.
Boisil's fame is mainly due to his connection with his great pupil, St.
Cuthbert, but it is plain that the master was worthy of the disciple.
Contemporaries were deeply impressed with Boisil's supernatural intuitions. When Cuthbert presented himself at
Melrose,
Boisil exclaimed "Behold a servant of the Lord", and he obtained
leave from Abbot Eata to receive him into the community at once...
'Saint
Botolph was born in
Britain
about the year 610 and in his youth became a monk in
Gaul.
The sisters of Ethelmund, King of East Anglia, who were also sent to Gaul to
learn the monastic discipline, met Saint Botolph, and learning of his intention
to return to Britain, bade their brother the King grant him land on which to
found a monastery…
Branwallader is a Saint of the 6th century, feast day (in Jersey) of January 19th. He is also known as Branwalader,
Branwalator, Brelade, Breward. It is likely that the name "St.
Brelade" is a corruption of "St. Branwallader"....
He was born
around 484 at Tralee in
Kerry,
Ireland. He
founded several monasteries in
Ireland,
of which the chief was Cluain Ferta Brenaind (anglicized as Clonfert) in
CountyGalway.
His missionary and pastoral travels took him on voyages to the Scottish
islands, and possibly to
Wales;
thus in his own time he was known as 'Brendan the Voyager.' He reposed in
peace...
Also known as: Bride; Bride of the Isles; Bridget
of Ireland; Bridget; Brigid of Kildare; Brigit; Ffraid; Mary of the Gael.
Born in 453 at Faughart, County Louth, Ireland
and died on 1 February 523 at Kildare,
Ireland of natural causes; buried in Downpatrick, Ireland with Saint PatrickandSaint Columba; head
removed to Jesuit church in Lisbon, Portugal...
Saints of the British Isles 
Abbot
of
Abbot of Icanho (in East Anglia) (680)
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