Saint godric of finchale training
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St Godric show consideration for Finchale
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Godric of Finchale
English hermit (c. 1065–1170)
Godric of Finchale (or St Goderic) (c. 1065-1070 – 21 May 1170)[2] was an Englishhermit, merchant and popular medievalsaint, although he was never formally canonised. He was born in Walpole in Norfolk and died in Finchale in County Durham.
Some of the earliest surviving English songs have been attributed to him.[4]
Life
[edit]I. Saintë Marië Virginë,
Moder Iesu Cristes Nazarenë,
Onfo, schild, help thin Godric,
Onfong bring hegilich
With the in Godës riche.
II. Saintë Marië Cristes bur,
Maidenës clenhad, moderës flur;
Dilie min sinnë, rix in min mod,
Bring me to winnë with the selfd God.
The first two hymns of St Godric, some of the earliest surviving musical settings in Middle English[a]
Godric's life was recorded by a contemporary of his, a monk named Reginald of Durham. Several other hagiographies are also extant. According to these accounts, Godric, who began from humble beginnings as the son of Ailward and Edwenna, "both of slender rank and wealth, but abundant in righteousness and virtue". He began as a peddler and became an entrepreneur. "[H]e was wont to wander with small wares around the villages and farmsteads of his own neighbourhood; but, in process o
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The Life and Miracles of Saint Godric, Hermit of Finchale
Edited and translated by Margaret Coombe
Clarendon Press
ISBN: 978-0-19-964179-6
A new addition to the Oxford Medieval Texts series, The Life and Miracles of Saint Godric, Hermit of Finchale is a twelfth-century hagiographic account of a hermit who lived in northern England. Godric (c. 1065-1070 – 21 May 1170) was a merchant and ship captain before getting permission to live as a hermit at Finchale. He would then spend the next sixty years living there, gaining a reputation as a holy man.
The account of his life and miracles by Reginald of Durham is quite lengthy, with nearly 200 chapters. This edition and translation is over 1000 pages and also includes a detailed introduction as well as appendices in Latin of some other sources related to this text.
Excerpt from a letter by Reginald of Durham to the Bishop of Durham introducing the work:
We have written with a fine pen about the start of his glorious struggle, the course of his life and its end, as is fitting, we commenced the craftsmanship of the work which follows by dedicating it to your excellent name. For insomuch as the crown of such a son is a particular source of glory for you, you must apply your own approval and judgment in those things which are