Celtic and Old English Saints 23 November =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= * St. Paulinus of Wales * St. Edred of England =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=
St. Paulinus, Abbot and Founder of Whitland, Wales ----------------------------------------------------- (also known as Polin, Pewlin, Paulhen) Died c. 505. A Welsh abbot, pupil of Saint Illtyd, Paulinus is possibly the founder of the monastery of Whitland (Caermarthen), where he had among his disciples Saint David and Saint Teilo (Benedictines). St. Edred, King of England ---------------------------------------------------- Eadred (Edred) , King of England was born about 924 in Wessex, England. Saint Dunstan was his advisor and Edred adopted Dunstan's ideas for various reforms of the clergy (including the control of many cathedrals by monastic chapters) and for relations with the Danish settlers. He died 23 Nov 955 in Frome, Somersetshire, England and was buried in the Mortuary Chest, Winchester Cathedral, Winchester, England. Lives kindly supplied by: For All the Saints: http://www.saintpatrickdc.org/ss/ss-index.htm These Lives are archived at: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/celt-saints ¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤