Two Medieval English Saints: Cuthbert and Alban

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Benedicta Ward SLG

ISBN: 978-0-7283-0382-9

LENGTH: 50 pages; 10 colour plates

Two Medieval English Saints: Cuthbert and Alban

2024

The lives and spirituality of two of Britain’s most important and influential medieval saints.

Two Medieval English Saints: Cuthbert and Alban
Sister Benedicta Ward SLG

In his Ecclesiastical History of the English People, the Venerable Bede (673–735) recorded not simply the biographies of the early saints of Britain, but the stories and myths about them, deliberately passed down from those who knew them, describing the impact they had on those close to them. Bede gave a very full account of Alban, despite the chronological distance separating them, but his sources for information about St Cuthbert were those who had known the saint personally, giving Bede’s account considerable authority. His texts are first-rate hagiographies, providing us with compelling prose images of the enduring power of genuine, selfless holiness in the early church. From Bede and other sources, Sister Benedicta is able to paint a picture of the spirituality of these two saints who are so crucial to understanding early Christianity in Britain.

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ISBN

978-0-7283-0382-9

Length

50 pages; 10 colour plates

Book Size

140 x 210 mm

Author

Benedicta Ward SLG

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Author Bio

Sister Benedicta Ward SLG (1933–2022) entered the Community of the Sisters of the Love of God in 1955. She taught spirituality in the University of Oxford and was an Emeritus Fellow of Harris Manchester College. She wrote a number of books on early monasticism and on the Middle Ages, and was one of the world’s leading writers on the legacy of the Desert Fathers. Her published works include books on the Desert Fathers, the Venerable Bede, St Anselm, and on miracles and relics in the Christian tradition.

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