Entries for the tag ‘Wilfrid (ca. 633-709/710)’
Cleric influential in imposing Roman over Celtic influences in the Anglo-Saxon church, politically powerful abbot and bishop, posthumously revered as a saint. 
- 12 October 0709: St Wilfrid of York’s soul departs with the birds at Oundle (Northants)
- 27 December 1132: The foundation of Fountains Abbey by dissidents from St Mary’s, York, retold by a Victorian antiquary using Cistercian chronicles
- 22 August 1138: King David of Scotland is overtaken near Northallerton by a furious local army in possession of a great standard – a Victorian view
- 5 August 1661: John Ray is told that a knocked-through lighting niche in the Anglo-Saxon crypt under Ripon minster is a chastity test device
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