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Images of St. Guthlac, Hermit
of Croyland
Feast: Apr. 12
Top image: St. Guthlac, the
wonder-working hermit of Croyland in East Anglia, taking leave of his
fellow warriors and bidding them choose a new leader.
Next image: St. Guthlac
receiving the tonsure (he first became a monk at the double monastery
of Ripon under Abbess Elfrida).
Next image: An Angel and St.
Bartholomew the Apostle speak with Father Guthlac. When he became a
hermit, his oratory was dedicated to the Apostle Bartholomew.
Next image: St. Guthlac is
ordained Priest by St. Hedda, bishop of Winchester.
Images are from a manuscript
in the British Library. The above are thumbnails; click on
each image to see greater detail.
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