Celtic and Old English Saints 7 September =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= * St. Alcmund Bishop of Hexham * St. Tilbert of Hexham * St. Grimonia of Picardy =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=
St. Alcmund (Ealhmund), Bishop of Hexham ------------------------------------------------------------ Died September 7, 781. Alcmund was consecrated the seventh bishop of Hexham in 767, and was succeeded by Saint Tilbert in 781. Their sanctity is celebrated by Simeon of Durham, Roger of Hoveden, the Annals of Peterborough, and many martyrologies. Although Alcmund was buried beside Saint Acca outside the church; the site of his grave was lost during the Danish invasions. In 1032, following a revelation they were found and reburied within the church. In 1154, the relics of all the saints of Hexham were translated to a single shrine, as was recorded by a canon regular of Hexham, an eye-witness, but they were scattered by the Scots in 1296 (Benedictines, Farmer, Husenbeth, Raine). St. Tilbert (Gilbert, Tileberht), Bishop of Hexham ----------------------------------------------------------------- Died 789. Saint Tilbert succeeded Saint Alcmund as bishop of Hexham (781-789). In the chronicles he is called saint and beloved father, but he had no known cultus and no details are known about his life (Benedictines, Farmer, Husenbeth). St. Grimonia (Germana) of Picardy, Virgin & Martyr ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 4th century (or 560?). Although born of an illustrious Irish family, Saint Grimonia, consecrated herself to God and migrated to Laon, Picardy. On the spot where she was martyred in defence of her chastity, a chapel was built for her relics. The miracles of healing that occurred there led to pilgrimages and the growth of the town called Capelle. In the wars in the fifteenth century her relics were translated to the abbey of Hennin Lictard, between Douay and Lens where she is honoured together with Saint Proba her fellow martyr (Benedictines, Husenbeth). Sources: ======== Benedictine Monks of St. Augustine Abbey, Ramsgate. (1947). The Book of Saints. NY: Macmillan. Farmer, D. H. (1997). The Oxford Dictionary of Saints. Oxford: Oxford University Press. Husenbeth, Rev. F. C., DD, VG (ed.). (1928). Butler's Lives of the Fathers, Martyrs, and Other Principal Saints. London: Virtue & Co. Raine, J. (ed.). (1863). The Priory of Hexham. For All the Saints: http://www.saintpatrickdc.org/ss/ss-index.htm These Lives are archived at: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/celt-saints *****************************************
