medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and culture
On Monday, August 25, 2008, at 9:45 pm, I wrote:
> 2) Æbbe (d. 683?). ... According to
> Bede, by about 672 she was abbess of the double monastery of _Urbs
> Coludi_ (in today's Coldingham in the Scottish county of Berwick),
> where prompted by St. Adomnán she instituted a more rigorous way of
> living than had obtained there previously or than would after her
> death when, as Adomnán had foreseen, the monastery was destroyed by
> fire.
That is, when the monastery was destroyed by fire in divine retribution for the community's moral laxitude.
> Her putative are said to have been brought to Durham in the eleventh
> century;
That is, her putative relics. Apologies for the omission.
Best again,
John Dillon
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