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Article: AElfric, St Edmund, and St Edwold of Cerne.(Critical essay)
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- Medium Aevum
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- March 22, 2008
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At the end of his Life of St Edmund, AElfric comments on the number of English men and women venerated as saints: 'England is not deprived of God's holy ones.' (1) AElfric himself wrote few homilies for the feast days of English (or British) saints, however. (2) Cuthbert, Alban,/Ethelthryth, Swithun, Oswald of Northumbria, and Edmund form only a meagre company) AElfric's limited selection is also conservative. His main source for four of these--Cuthbert, Alban, AEthelthryth, and Oswald--is Bede, a point AElfric stresses. (4) The Benedictine Reformers had promoted a reverence for Bede and the 'golden age' of Northumbrian monasticism, making AElfric's decision to produce ...
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...WEST DES MOINES, IOWA -- Cerne-Bloomfield Inc. announced recently that it has changed its name to Cerne Sales Co. The company said it will remain located at 939 Office Park Rd., Suite 329, West Des Moines, Iowa 50265; (515) 223-8844, fax: (515) 223-6018.
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