SAINT AEDELWALD, PRIEST AND HERMIT - 23 MARCH

 

SAINT AEDELWALD, PRIEST AND HERMIT

​​The name Aedelwaldus (Edilwaldus, Eadilwaldus, Aethelwaldus [Edelwald]; Saxon: Aethelwold, Odilwaldus; Anglo-Saxon: Aethelwold, means "noble Walter" (lord and administrator), "noble lord." 

Saint Aedelwald, for a long time, was a monk and priest at the monastery of Rye (Inrhipum) on the island of Farne in England and became famous for his miracles. Once, among other things, he calmed a violent storm at sea with his prayer. He died in the year 700 and was buried at Lindisfarne, whence in A.D. 995 his sacred body was brought to Durham (Dunelmum) and laid in a splendid tomb in A.D. 1160. 

In some older English martyrologies his festival is found on January 6 and also on June 11; but in later martyrologies the feast was always placed on March 23, which by no means seems to be saying that this was the day of his death, which is not known at all.

(Information from Stadler's Complete Encyclopedia of Saints, Volume 1, Augsburg, 1858, p. 48)

*A hagiography source used by the authors 

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PRAYER:

Grant, we beseech you, almighty God, that the venerable feast of Saint Aedelwald may increase our devotion and promote our salvation. Through our Lord Jesus Christ, your Son, who lives and reigns with you in the unity of the Holy Spirit, God, for ever and ever. Amen.

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