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Guthlac, St
Guthlac, St (c.674–715). Of Mercian royal stock, a native of Middle Anglia (around Leicestershire), Guthlac, baptized as a baby, for nine years led a war-band, before entering at 24 the monastery at Repton and at 26 occupying a (robbed) burial mound on the Lincolnshire island of Crowland (possibly territory of north Gyrwe), on the Middle–East Anglian border. His biography, by Felix, bears resemblances to the poem Beowulf. Guthlac's life as a hermit, fighting demons, exemplifies the combination of Germanic heroism, Mediterranean influence, and genuine faith which characterized aristocratic Anglo-Saxon Christianity. Guthlac was politically influential, his visitors including Bishop Hedda, Ecburh, daughter of Aldwulf of East Anglia, and Æthelbald, future king of Mercia, whose accession Guthlac prophesied. Guthlac's support was exploited in Æthelbald's promotion of his cult. Crowland abbey developed from his hermitage. Vernacular lives were composed later and his cult flourished particularly in the 12th cent.
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JOHN CANNON. "Guthlac, St." The Oxford Companion to British History. 2002. Encyclopedia.com. 27 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. JOHN CANNON. "Guthlac, St." The Oxford Companion to British History. 2002. Encyclopedia.com. (May 27, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O110-GuthlacSt.html JOHN CANNON. "Guthlac, St." The Oxford Companion to British History. 2002. Retrieved May 27, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O110-GuthlacSt.html |
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Guthlac, St
Guthlac, St (d. 714/15), a young nobleman of Mercia who reacted against his military life and became a hermit at Crowland (or Croyland) in Lincolnshire. Æthelbald, king of Mercia, had a church built over his tomb, which later became the abbey of Crowland. Not long after his death was written the Latin Vita Sancti Guthlaci (c.740) by Felix of Croyland. There are two adjacent poems in Old English, in the Exeter Book known as Guthlac A and Guthlac B, which used to be attributed to Cynewulf.
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MARGARET DRABBLE and JENNY STRINGER. "Guthlac, St." The Concise Oxford Companion to English Literature. 2003. Encyclopedia.com. 27 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. MARGARET DRABBLE and JENNY STRINGER. "Guthlac, St." The Concise Oxford Companion to English Literature. 2003. Encyclopedia.com. (May 27, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O54-GuthlacSt.html MARGARET DRABBLE and JENNY STRINGER. "Guthlac, St." The Concise Oxford Companion to English Literature. 2003. Retrieved May 27, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O54-GuthlacSt.html |
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Guthlac, St
Guthlac, St (? 673–714), hermit. Of royal blood, he was a monk at Repton. He later migrated to an island in the Fens, where he lived a life of severe asceticism. The Guthlac Roll (now in the British Library) consists of drawings depicting his life. Feast day, 11 Apr. (in some calendars, 12 Apr.).
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E. A. LIVINGSTONE. "Guthlac, St." The Concise Oxford Dictionary of the Christian Church. 2000. Encyclopedia.com. 27 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. E. A. LIVINGSTONE. "Guthlac, St." The Concise Oxford Dictionary of the Christian Church. 2000. Encyclopedia.com. (May 27, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O95-GuthlacSt.html E. A. LIVINGSTONE. "Guthlac, St." The Concise Oxford Dictionary of the Christian Church. 2000. Retrieved May 27, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O95-GuthlacSt.html |
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Guthlac, St
Guthlac, St (c.673–714), hermit of Crowland, whose cult had great popularity in pre-Conquest England. He is represented with a scourge, as a weapon against diabolical attacks. His feast day is 11 April; the date of his translation is 30 August.
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ELIZABETH KNOWLES. "Guthlac, St." The Oxford Dictionary of Phrase and Fable. 2006. Encyclopedia.com. 27 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. ELIZABETH KNOWLES. "Guthlac, St." The Oxford Dictionary of Phrase and Fable. 2006. Encyclopedia.com. (May 27, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O214-GuthlacSt.html ELIZABETH KNOWLES. "Guthlac, St." The Oxford Dictionary of Phrase and Fable. 2006. Retrieved May 27, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O214-GuthlacSt.html |
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