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Er, Phyllis, Coquet Island is not at Tynemouth. It's a little over a mile offshore at Amble, Northumberland (an attractive fishing village, BTW), where the river Coquet reaches the sea. In the later Middle Ages Tynemouth abbey owned a chapel and a parcel of land on the island and Henry's residence here is said to have been at the permission of the prior of Tynemouth. The abbey was also responsible for Henry's cult (he was buried there); hence the confusion about the island's location.
Best,
John Dillon
On Wed, 15 Jan 2003 17:59:11 -0800 Phyllis wrote:
>Today (16. January) is the feast day of:
>
>Henry of Coquet Island (d. 1127) Henry was a Dane who went abroad to
>become a hermit to avoid marrying at home. He settled on Coquet Island at
>Tynemouth. There he lived an ascetic life, had visions (including a whole
>address to him by Christ on the cross), and had many visitors who were
>attracted by H's gift of prophecy and counsel. Farmer includes the
>interesting example that H reproved and punished a man who had refused his
>wife's request to have sex during Lent.
>
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