From: "Simon Marchini" <[log in to unmask]>
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Subject: Re: FEAST 7 October
Date sent: Thu, 9 Oct 1997 07:05:55 +0100
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Today, 7 October, is the feast of...
>
> Osyth, virgin martyr (675): Daughter of a Marcian chief. Osyth was raised
> in a nunnery - when married to king of East Saxons, he attempted to
> embrace her when he saw a stag and left her to hunt it; when he returned,
> she was gone to re-enter religious milieu. Founded a nunery at a place
> called Chich; pirates eventually raided the place and killed her.
>
Could anyone tell me which 'Mercian Chief ' this was or any other
biographical information of this Mercian religious person ??
Thanks
Simon Marchini
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Try reading C. Hohler, 'St Osyth and Aylesbury', Records of Buckinghamshire,
18, part 1 (1966), 61-72 for orientation
Julia Barrow
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