Event: Education/teaching, Monastic life, converting to/joining/oblationWilgils 2.giving of Willibrord 1 to brothers of Ripon (Anonymi 1136)
Scholarly Info
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As soon as the infant [sc. Willibrord 1] had been weaned, his father [sc. Wilgils 2] handed him to the brethren of the church of Ripon (Anonymi 1136 13) to be taught in religious studies and sacred letters. |
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Primary Source Info
Original Text |
... tradidit eum pater Hrypensis ecclesiae fratribus relegiosis studiis et sacris litteris erudiendum ... |
Date from Source |
As soon as Willibrord 1 had been weaned |
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Notes:
*It should be noted that oblates were normally given to a monastery at the age of seven. Thus technically this may not have been an act of oblation.
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