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goffik Oct 11, 2004 14:49:51
Replying to Hob

"I dunno what St. Cuddy was doing having a well in the sarf. He's a scots borders laddo. His body was taken on a on a very long walkies though, which is part of the reason he has a sacred well up near Bellingham in Northumberland."

I forgot about this bit! Sorry Hob...

Aye. St Cuthbert... It seems to be dedicated to him, but I wonder if it's a variation of the name of the place - Cubert - that the well actually is? Or it could be that "Cubert" is a variation of "Cuthbert", I suppose? No answers here then! I'll look into it... Are you SURE they didn't drag his body round Cornwall as well? ;o) Now that WOULD be impressive...

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goffik Oct 11, 2004 14:52:02
Replying to goffik

I wonder if it was anything to do with this chappie:
"St. Cuthbert Mayne
Feastday: November 29

1577
An English martyr, born near Branstaple, in Devonshire, as a Protestant. He converted to Catholicism at St. John's, Oxford. Cuthbert was ordained at Douai, France, and sent home to England about 1575. Working in Cornwall, he was captured after a year. Condemned for celebrating a Mass, he was hanged, drawn, and quartered on November 25. Cuthbert was a friend of Edmund Campion, and he was aided by Francis Tregian in Cornwall. He was the first Englishman trained for the priesthood at Douai and was the protomartyr of English seminaries. Cuthbert was canonized by Pope Paul VI as one of the Forty Martyrs of England and Wales."

Maybe?

G x

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