Event: Tonsuring
Guthlac 2
.reception of tonsure of St Peter
Asserted in:
Felix.VitGuthlaci
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Scholarly Info
Description
Guthlac 2
received the tonsure of St Peter under the abbess
Ælfthryth 1
.
Primary Source Info
Original Text
... sancti Petri ... tonsuram accepit sub abbatissa nomine Ælfthryth.
Date from Source
After
Guthlac 2
had completed the twenty-fourth year of his life.
Persons associated with this Event:
Recipient
:
Guthlac 2
(
Saint, c.674-716
)
Agent
:
Ælfthryth 1
(
Abbess of Repton
)
Locations associated with this Event:
Repton: (
Monasterium
), now
Repton, Derbyshire