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Hilda of Whitby Hild
Hilda and her houses followed the Celtic liturgy and rule, but many houses had adopted the continental Benedictine rule, and the Roman liturgy. Hilda convened a conference in 664 to help settle one a single rule. When the conference settled on the Roman and Benedictine, they were adopted throughout England, and Hilda insured the observance of her houses.
being carried to heaven by the angels holding Whitby abbey in her hands with a crown on her head or at her feet stopping wild birds from stealing a corn crop turning serpents into stone
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