He was a
soldier in the Roman army and, according to the venerable Bede, was
brought to faith in Christ by a fugitive priest to whom he gave shelter. The
saint exchanged clothes with the priest, allowing him to escape and ensuring
his own martyrdom. Some writers, including St Bede, place his martyrdom during
the reign of Diocletian (286-303)...
'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…
He was born
to a prominent noble family, the Ui-Niall clan of
Ireland, but he forsook all worldly
things and became a monk at a young age. He founded the monasteries of Derry
and Durrow, and traveled as a missionary in
Ireland for almost twenty years...
Queen of
Northumbria;
born (probably) about 630; died at Ely, 23 June, 679. While still very young
she was given in marriage by her father, Anna, King of East Anglia, to a
certain Tonbert, a subordinate prince, from whom she received as morning gift a
tract of land locally known as the
Isle of Ely.
St. Kevin was birthed without labor pains to a
noble Leinster familiy, as a sign that he was the fulfillment of the prophecy
of St. Patrick of the one to come who would evangelize the region of
Ireland just south of
Dublin...
Milburga
was abbess of Wenlock Abbey in Salop,
Shropshire,
England
(between 722-730). She received the veil from St. Theodore of
Canterbury.
She
was the daughter of a king of
Mercia
and sister of Sts. Mildred of Thanet and Mildgytha. Her father and her uncle,
King Wulfhere, provided funds for the abbey. Among the remarkable abilities she
evidenced were levitation and power over birds.
Abbot of Icanho (in East Anglia) (680)
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