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Church of St Julian, Norwich

The Lady Julian of Norwich, or Mother Julian, or Dame Julian, a 14th-century anchoress, took her name from the saint of the church, which was dedicated either to Julian the Hospitaller or Julian of Le Mans.

Eóganacht Chaisil

AI954.2 Repose of Dub Inse, learned bishop of Ireland, and of Cellachán, king of Caisel, and of Éladach the learned, abbot of Ros Ailithir, and of Uarach, bishop of Imlech Ibuir, and of Célechair, abbot of Cluain Moccu Nóis and Cluain Iraird, and of Cormac Ua Maíl Shluaig, learned sage of Mumu, and of Lugaid Ua Maíl Shempail, abbot of Domnach Pátraic, and of Cenn Faelad son of Suibne, anchorite of Cluain Ferta Brénainn.

Henry de Beaume

Beaume was a man of exceptional worth according to the testimony of Saint Colette of Corbie, whose confessor he became in 1406 while she was still an anchoress at the Benedictine abbey of Corbie.

Quart de Poblet

Pope Leo XIII stated in this holy anchorite, who is credited with the miracle of the end of a cholera epidemic in 1885, principal patron of the villa.

School of Ross

Nevertheless the School must have continued to flourish, for we read under date 866 - according to the Chronicon Scotorum, 868 - of the death of Feargus who is described as a celebrated scribe and anchorite of Ross-Ailithir.


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