Beornstan the Archdeacon
Beornstan the Archdeacon | |
|---|---|
 St Augustines Abbey where Beornstan is buried. | |
| Archdeacon | |
| Born | Kent, Anglo-Saxon England |
| Died | St. Augustine's Abbey |
| Venerated in | Catholic Church |
Beornstan the Archdeacon, also known as Byrnstan, was a medieval Catholic saint from Kent in Anglo-Saxon England.[1]
Very little is known of the life of this saint and he is known to history mainly through the hagiography of the Secgan Manuscript[2] and also The Catalogus Sanctorum in Anglia Pausantium.[3] He was Kentish, an archdeacon and was buried at St Augustine's Abbey so he was probably associated with the early Abbey.
References[edit]
- ^ Blair, John (2002). "A Handlist of Anglo-Saxon Saints". In Thacker, Alan; Sharpe, Richard (eds.). Local Saints and Local Churches in the Early Medieval West. Oxford: Oxford University Press. p. 563.
- ^ "Stowe MS 944". British Library. Archived from the original on 3 January 2014.
- ^ Lambeth Palace Library MS99
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