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medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and culture Phyllis wrote: > Today (20. October) is the feast day of: > Acca (d. 740) Acca was a Northumbrian who was Wilfrid's companion > before becoming abbot of St. Andrew's monastery in Hexham. A. > succeeded Wilfrid as bishop of Hexham in 709. A. was a biblical > exegete and important patron of scholars. He had to leave his see in > 732 (we don't know why) and lived in exile until his death in > Galloway. In Acca's honor, herewith some visuals, etc. of Hexham's present parish church of St. Andrew (also called "Hexham Abbey [church]"), built in the twelfth and thirteenth centuries by Augustinian Canons over the remains of Wilfrid's and Acca's Anglo-Saxon stone church (whose crypt and other underworkings survive beneath the present structure). The nave is Edwardian [1907-08], replacing one destroyed by a Scots raiding party in 1296, and there have been some other bits added/restored. But the remainder is still pretty much the same building as that in which what are said to have been Acca's remains were ceremoniously reinterred by the canons next to the high altar. Photographs and discussion (overview): http://www.go-britain.com/html/hexham_abbey.htm http://www.ville-noyon.fr/Noyon_Hexam/eabbaye.html Plan (from the church's website): http://www.hexhamabbey.co.uk/features/ Click on links at left for discussions of Acca, of the crypt, of the frith stool, of the night stairs, of the rood screen, and of the church's various carved stones from the Anglo-Saxon period. Photos of the frith stool are here: http://www.jaydax.co.uk/showcase/hexham/hexham2.html and here (a little less than halfway down the page): http://www.romanheritageway.fsnet.co.uk/history2.html Some gargoyles: http://www.arcaid.captureweb.co.uk/ImageDetail.asp?Barcode=9285-30-1 Some historical context: http://www.thenortheast.fsnet.co.uk/Tynedale.htm Best, John Dillon ********************************************************************** To join the list, send the message: join medieval-religion YOUR NAME to: [log in to unmask] To send a message to the list, address it to: [log in to unmask] To leave the list, send the message: leave medieval-religion to: [log in to unmask] In order to report problems or to contact the list's owners, write to: [log in to unmask] For further information, visit our web site: http://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/lists/medieval-religion.html