The mysterious second name of St. Bavo (in the feast listings for 1
October) reminded me of an unsolved mystery I've encountered in the
calendar of a Sarum breviary manuscript that ended up in Scotland. Other
than Kentigern, who got added later, the only non-Sarum saint in this
calendar is one Alwinus, on November 20. I've tried looking for this
saint under every form that seems even remotely possible (Athelwin,
Ethelwin, Aldwin, Olwin, etc., etc.) in all the standard reference books,
and have run out of ideas. Does anybody on the list know of a saint whose
name and feastday [or alternate feastday, in some English or Scottish
locale] might fit this calendar entry?
Sherry Reames (English Dept, University of Wisconsin, Madison)
>Today, 1 October, is the feast of...
>
>Bavo (655): Hermit, also called Allowin! He was a nobleman and after
>being left a widower was moved to conversion to God by a sermon which he
>heard St Amand preach at Ghent. He distributed all his money among the
>poor, and went to the monastery of Ghent that was afterwards called by
>his name.
>
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