At 21:01 30/04/98 +0100, you wrote:
>Sorry to come to this late, and apologies for appearing contrary, but the jury
>may still be out on this one, Bill.
>> There are several other non-existent saints whose name derives from
>> a linguistic misunderstanding... St Aldate - simply the Old Gate, near
which, in Oxford, stands the
>> Church of St Aldate's.
>>
>> Oriens.
>
>
>Not at all - I'd be thrilled to hear that he (or she?) really existed.
What about
the nearby St Ebbe? Was there an Anglo-Saxon Ebba, or was this merely the low-
water mark on the Isis? Is there a St Flo on higher ground?
Doctor Elasticus.
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