Event: BurialWilfrid 2.burial at Ripon
Scholarly Info
Description |
Wilfrid 2 was prepared for burial and brought to Ripon, where he was buried in the church of St Peter. |
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Primary Source Info
Date from Source |
In the seventy-sixth year of Wilfrid 2's life. |
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Notes:
Wilfrid's name was daily remembered at Ripon in prayer.
Persons associated with this Event:
- Recipient:
Wilfrid 2
(Bishop of York and Saint, d.709) : Anonymi 395 placed the body of Wilfrid 2 in the basilica of St Peter. He was in his seventy-sixth year.
- Participant:
Anonymi 398
(Abbots who collected the body of Wilfrid 2) : On a certain day the abbots came from all directions, some leading the body of the bishop in a cart, and others seeking to wash the holy body and to clothe it carefully and in an honourable fashion, which they obtained permission to do.
- Participant:
Bacula 1
(Abbot) : One of the abbots, Bacula 1, spread out his cloak on the ground.
- Participant:
Anonymi 409
(The monastic community at Oundle) : The brothers (Anonymi 409) laid out the body on the muslin garment of Bacula 1, after washing it with their hands and clothing it in ecclesiastical vestments, they carried it to the appointed place with hymns and canticles. The wise men who were present, having erected a tent, bathed the holy body and poured the contents of the bath on the ground. The inhabitants of the monastery subsequently erected a wooden cross there, where the Lord performed many miracles.
- Participant:
Anonymi 411
(The men who collected the body of Wilfrid 2 and brought it back to Ripon) : Our men, clothing the holy body in linen and placing it in a cart and singing psalms, came to the monastery at Ripon.
- Participant:
Anonymi 395
(Ecclesiastical community of Ripon) : All the community came to meet Anonymi 411, bearing relics. They met it with hymns and canticles and brought it into the church that Wilfrid 2 had built and dedicated in honour of St Peter.
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