Saint Theodore of Croyland

Also known as

• Theodore of Crowland

Memorial

• 9 April

Profile

Abbot of Croyland Abbey when it was over-run by pagan Danes. He and his brother monks were martyred.

Died

• martyred in 869 in Crowland, England
• his skull was maintained as a relic in a Crowland church
• skull stolen in 1982
• skull anonymously returned in 1999

Canonized

• Pre-Congregation

Additional Information

• Book of Saints, by the Monks of Ramsgate
• Our Sunday Visitor’s Encyclopedia of Saints

MLA Citation

• “Saint Theodore of Croyland”. Saints.SQPN.com. 8 April 2010. Web. 24 May 2013. <http://saints.sqpn.com/saint-theodore-of-croyland/>