Saint Guthlac of Croyland

Memorial: 11 April
Profile: Brother of Saint Pega. Soldier in the army of King Ethelred of Mercia. Benedictine monk at Repton under abbess Elfrida. Hermit in the Lincolnshire fens; the abbey of Crowland was built on the site of his hermit's cell. Spiritual teacher of Saint Bettelin.
Born: 673
Died: 714 of natural causes
Canonized: Pre-Congregation
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