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REPLY1850

ABBEY OF ST. WANDRILLE

By GASTROS.

In reply to the Vicar of Ecclesfield (No. 24. p. 382.), I am sorry to say that the "Chronicle of the Abby of St. Wandrille," to which I alluded (No. 21. p. 338.), contains nothing relating to the subject of his inquiry. The Abbey of Fontanelle, or St. Wandrille, was founded A.D. 645; and this chronicle contains a very concise account of a few only of its abbots and most celebrated members, down to the year 834: written, it is supposed, by a cotemporary of Ansegisus, the last abbot therein mentioned. It is followed by an appendix containing a compilation from a book on miracles wrought in the t…

Topics: Medieval Monastic History, Relics, Anglo-French Relations, Miracles

Locations: Abbey of St. Wandrille, Fontanelle, Rome, Coriovallum, Britain, Mercia, French coast