Godric of Finchale (or St Goderic) (c. 1065-1070 – 21 May 1170) was an English hermit, merchant and popular medieval saint, although he was never formally...
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Godric may refer to: Godric of Finchale (c. 1060–1170), Anglo-Saxon saint Godric of Mappestone (fl. 1086), Anglo-Saxon thane and landowner mentioned in...
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novel tells the semi-fictionalised life story of the medieval Roman Catholic saint, Godric of Finchale. It was first published in 1980 by Atheneum, New...
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to live as a hermit at Finchale, by the River Wear. There Godric created a hermitage dedicated to St John the Baptist. Godric's biographers recorded that...
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He was active in the 1160s and 1170s, spending time in Finchale with the hermit and saint Godric, and writing the works for which he is now known. It is...
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walked. These include the Finchale Camino Inglés, starting at Finchale Priory, the site of the hermitage of St Godric of Finchale, the earliest known English...
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Frederick Buechner (category Writers of historical fiction set in the Middle Ages)
perspective of Saint Godric of Finchale, a 12th-century English hermit. Brendan (1987), a work of historical fiction like Godric, draws from the life of the 6th-century...
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Castilian nobleman (b. 1105) May 21 – Godric of Finchale, English hermit and merchant July 25 – Reginald II of Bar (or Renaud), French nobleman August...
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Durham, England (redirect from History of Durham, England)
Durham for much of his life. Archie Gray (born 2006), midfielder and right-back for Leeds United, England U20 team. Godric of Finchale (c. 1065–1170),...
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Eastertide – optional memorial (EW) 21 May – Saint Helena or Saint Godric of Finchale, religious – optional memorial (EW) 23 May – Saint Petroc, abbot –...
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