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>>Not having got much further than the start of the ninth century, I can't
>>be very helpful about the later development of Bede's cult, although I
>>think his relics, like those of St Cuthbert, were translated to Durham
>>Cathedral.
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>Indeed they were, and his tomb is prominent in the Galilee chapel. The
>shrine of St Cuthbert, behind the high altar, was desecrated at the
>reformation, but Bede's tomb is intact.
..and on it is written (to avoid any possible misunderstanding)
Haec sunt in fossa Bedae Venerabilis ossa
which scans, more or less, as a hexameter. I took some Americans
there last week.
As to Cuthbert's tomb, well that is more interesting. It was
opened, or a tomb was opened, in 1827, and things like his cross
was found within it. But it is of interest - and I have never seen
the issue discussed - that while Cuthbert was squashed, so to
speak, Bede was not. Did the Reformers (I presume it was they)
distinguish between Saints with pilgrims and Saints with learning?
Did no on in late medieval times bother about Bede's tomb? Has any
one looked at this?
a.c.
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>Oriens.
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Anselm Cramer OSB
Monastery Librarian
Ampleforth Abbey, York
GB - YO6 4EN
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