Athassel priory and the cult of St Edmund in medieval Ireland / Francis Young.

"The English royal saint Edmund, king and martyr (d. 869), was venerated in Ireland from at least the twelfth century. Athassel priory in Co. Tipperary was the centre of a cult focussed on a miraculous statue of the saint. This book argues that the veneration of St Edmund and other English saints in...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Young, Francis (Francis Kendrick) (Author)
Language:English
Published: Dublin, Ireland : Four Courts Press, [2020]
Subjects:
Edmund, > King of East Anglia, > 841-870 > Cult > Ireland.
Athassel Augustinian Priory.
Edmund, > King of East Anglia, > 841-870.
Christian saints > Cult > Ireland > History > To 1500.
Monasticism and religious orders > Ireland > History > To 1500.
Tipperary (Ireland : County) > Church history > To 1500.
Tipperary (Ireland : County) > Religious life and customs.
Christian saints > Cult.
Cults.
Monasticism and religious orders.
Ireland.
Ireland > Tipperary (County)
To 1500
Church history.
History.
Genre:
Church history.
History.
Physical Description:189 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
Format: Book

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