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Byrhtferth.VitOswaldi ii.4 |
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Following Oda 1's order, Oswald 8 set off to cross the sea and go to Fluery with his companions (Anonymi 1667). |
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Byrhtferth.VitOswaldi iii.1 |
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Oda 1 took his monastic habit at Fleury |
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Byrhtferth.VitOswaldi iii.3 |
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Oda 1 sent messengers (Anonymi 1668 10) to Fleury for Oswald 8, asking Wulfald 1 and all the monks (Anonymi 1668) that they might return Oswald 8 before Oda 1 departed from this life. |
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Byrhtferth.VitOswaldi iii.4 |
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Oswald 8 and his companions (Anonymi 1670) left Fleury and crossed the sea to go back to England. When they reached Dover, they heard that Oda 1 had died. |
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Byrhtferth.VitOswaldi iii.7 |
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Oswald 8 sent for Germann 4 at Fleury. |
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Byrhtferth.VitOswaldi ii.4 |
Wulfald 1 |
held office of Abbot |
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Office |
Byrhtferth.VitOswaldi iii.3 |
Wulfald 1 |
held office of Abbot |
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Education |
Byrhtferth.VitOswaldi ii.2 |
Oswald 8 |
He began to memorize and duly to master the monastic offices, desiring to teach those things to his own people at home. |
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Education |
Byrhtferth.VitOswaldi iii.7 |
Germann 4 |
He sought to commit to memory the regular monastic customs |
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Occupation |
Byrhtferth.VitOswaldi ii.6 |
Oswald 8 |
Monk |
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Occupation |
Byrhtferth.VitOswaldi iii.6 |
Oswald 8 |
Monk |
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Byrhtferth.VitOswaldi ii.4 |
Oda 1 |
Monk |
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Byrhtferth.VitOswaldi ii.5 |
Anonymi 1668 |
Brother |
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Occupation |
Byrhtferth.VitOswaldi iii.7 |
Germann 4 |
Monk |
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Occupation |
Byrhtferth.VitOswaldi iii.18 |
Abbo 1 |
Philosopher |
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Wulfstan Cantor.VitĘthelwoldi 14 |
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Ęthelwold 1 sent Osgar 1 to Fleury to learn the way of life according to the Rule. |
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Abbo.PassioEadmundi Preface |
Abbo 1 |
held office of Deacon |
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Abbo.PassioEadmundi Preface |
Abbo 1 |
Monk |
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WilliamofMalmesbury.GestaPontificumAnglorum iii.115.1 |
Oswald 8 |
Oswald 8 became a monk at Fleury in Gaul, it being the custom for Englishmen at that time. |
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WilliamofMalmesbury.GestaPontificumAnglorum iii.115.2-8 |
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Oswald 8 returned to England from Fleury shocked by the news that his uncle Oda 1 was dying. By the time he landed at Dover, Oda 1 had already died. From there Oswald 8 travelled to Oscytel 5 archbishop of York, a near relation of his, which whom he stayed for several years. Meanwhile Dunstan 1 demitted the sees of Worcester and London, and transferred to Canterbury. Well aware of Oswald 8's holiness and practical abilities, he prevailed on the king [Edgar 11] to give him the see of Worcester. The episcopal see was dedicated to St Peter. Oswald 8 built a second church in the same precinct in the name of the Mother of God, moved monks there, and lived happily with them. On Dunstan 1's advice the king gave Oswald 8 the vacant see of York, but he would not let him give up the see of Worcester. Oswald 8 also invited to England men of letters, such as Abbo 1, monk of Fleury, who at the instance of Archbishop Dunstan 1 embellished literature with a Passion of Edmund 6 the Martyr. Oswald 8 over many years proved himself up to holding both sees, though he used to visit Worcester more often. He outlived Dunstan 1 and Ęthelwold 1, reproducing the authority of the former, the efficiency of the latter, and the holiness of both. |
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WilliamofMalmesbury.GestaPontificumAnglorum iv.156.1-3 |
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The monastery of Winchcombe was built by Cenwulf 3 king of the Mercians, a piece of munificence on a scale inconceivable in our own times. He had the church dedicated by thirteen bishops, foremost among them Wulfred 6 archbishop of Canterbury. There, during the formalities of the dedication, he freed at the altar the king of Kent [Eadberht 18], whom he had lately made captive by right of war. There too he gave a pound of silver to all landless men, a mancus of gold to priests, a shilling to monks, and much besides to the whole people. This monastery was hardly more than a name in King Edgar 11's time, but thanks to Archbishop Oswald 8 in enjoyed some recovery. Oswald 8 appointed as abbot Germann 4, whom he had brought with him from Fleury, a fine aide in religious matters and in the restoration of the church. At Winchcombe rests Cenwulf 3, with his son Cynehelm 1. |