Saint John of Beverly
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- Memorial
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12 October
25 October (translation of relics)
7 May on some calendars
- Profile
- Studied at Canterbury under Saint Adrian and Saint Theodore.
Benedictine monk at Whitby.
Bishop of Hexham in 687.
Metropolitan of York in 705.
Founded a monastery at Inderawood (later Beverley), which became an important ecclesiastical center.
Ordained the Venerable Bede who wrote of him, and recorded miracles worked by him.
Founded the Beverly abbey, and as he had always preferred the contemplative life, retired there in 717.
King Henry V's victory at Agincourt was attributed to the aid of Saint John and Saint John of Bridlington.
- Born
- at Harpham, Yorkshire, England
- Died
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7 May 721 at Beverly abbey, England of natural causes
relics in the Beverley cathedral
his tomb was a popular pilgrimage point for centuries
- Name Meaning
- God is gracious; gift of God (John)
- Canonized
- 1037 by Pope Benedict IX
- Patronage
- diocese of Middlesbrough, England
- Additional Information
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Book of Saints, by the Monks of Ramsgate
Diocese of Middlesbrough, England
Kirken i Norge - norwegian
Our Sunday Visitor's Encyclopedia of Saints, by Matthew Bunson, Margaret Bunson, and Stephen Bunson
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