Apr 22, 2021
Materials for an English translation of the "Life" of St Botolph (or Botwulf), BHL 1428
Materials for an English translation of the “Life” of St Botolph (or Botwulf), BHL 1428
In 653 AD a Saxon monk named Botolph (Botwulf in Anglo-Saxon) built a hermitage at Iken Hoo, in Suffolk, overlooking the demon-haunted marshes on the river Alde. Botolph was on good terms with the East Anglian kings, and he gained a reputation as an exorcist. He died around 680 AD. His monastery was later destroyed during the raids by the Vikings. The tomb of Botolph in the ruined church was…
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