Saint Oswald of Bernicia - King of Bernicia (later King of Northumbria) from 634 until his death. Born c 604 • Kingdom of Deira (England).
Killed at the Battle of Maserfelth, Kingdoms of Northumbria and Mercia borders. His body was dismembered and his head and limbs were placed on stakes. The spot where he died came to be associated with miracles, and people took dirt from the site. Another miracle is recorded that his right arm was taken by a bird (perhaps a raven) to an ash tree, which gave the tree ageless vigour; when the bird dropped the arm onto the ground, a spring emerged from the ground. Both the tree and the spring were subsequently associated with healing miracles. The name of the site "Oswald's Tree", is generally thought to be derived from Oswald's death there and the legends surrounding it.
In 909 Æthelflæd, daughter of Alfred the Great, had St Oswald's relics translated from Bardney to a new minster in Gloucester, which was renamed St Oswald's Priory in his honour. Æthelflæd, and her husband Æthelred, Ealdorman of Mercia, were buried in the Priory. Oswald's head was interred in Durham Cathedral.
Oswald was the son of Æthelfrith of Bernicia. Oswald married King Cynegils' daughter.
His feast day is 5 August.
C.Smith
Killed at the Battle of Maserfelth, Kingdoms of Northumbria and Mercia borders. His body was dismembered and his head and limbs were placed on stakes. The spot where he died came to be associated with miracles, and people took dirt from the site. Another miracle is recorded that his right arm was taken by a bird (perhaps a raven) to an ash tree, which gave the tree ageless vigour; when the bird dropped the arm onto the ground, a spring emerged from the ground. Both the tree and the spring were subsequently associated with healing miracles. The name of the site "Oswald's Tree", is generally thought to be derived from Oswald's death there and the legends surrounding it.
In 909 Æthelflæd, daughter of Alfred the Great, had St Oswald's relics translated from Bardney to a new minster in Gloucester, which was renamed St Oswald's Priory in his honour. Æthelflæd, and her husband Æthelred, Ealdorman of Mercia, were buried in the Priory. Oswald's head was interred in Durham Cathedral.
Oswald was the son of Æthelfrith of Bernicia. Oswald married King Cynegils' daughter.
His feast day is 5 August.
C.Smith
Saint Oswald of Bernicia - King of Bernicia (later King of Northumbria) from 634 until his death. Born c 604 • Kingdom of Deira (England).
Killed at the Battle of Maserfelth, Kingdoms of Northumbria and Mercia borders. His body was dismembered and his head and limbs were placed on stakes. The spot where he died came to be associated with miracles, and people took dirt from the site. Another miracle is recorded that his right arm was taken by a bird (perhaps a raven) to an ash tree, which gave the tree ageless vigour; when the bird dropped the arm onto the ground, a spring emerged from the ground. Both the tree and the spring were subsequently associated with healing miracles. The name of the site "Oswald's Tree", is generally thought to be derived from Oswald's death there and the legends surrounding it.
In 909 Æthelflæd, daughter of Alfred the Great, had St Oswald's relics translated from Bardney to a new minster in Gloucester, which was renamed St Oswald's Priory in his honour. Æthelflæd, and her husband Æthelred, Ealdorman of Mercia, were buried in the Priory. Oswald's head was interred in Durham Cathedral.
Oswald was the son of Æthelfrith of Bernicia. Oswald married King Cynegils' daughter.
His feast day is 5 August.
C.Smith
Killed at the Battle of Maserfelth, Kingdoms of Northumbria and Mercia borders. His body was dismembered and his head and limbs were placed on stakes. The spot where he died came to be associated with miracles, and people took dirt from the site. Another miracle is recorded that his right arm was taken by a bird (perhaps a raven) to an ash tree, which gave the tree ageless vigour; when the bird dropped the arm onto the ground, a spring emerged from the ground. Both the tree and the spring were subsequently associated with healing miracles. The name of the site "Oswald's Tree", is generally thought to be derived from Oswald's death there and the legends surrounding it.
In 909 Æthelflæd, daughter of Alfred the Great, had St Oswald's relics translated from Bardney to a new minster in Gloucester, which was renamed St Oswald's Priory in his honour. Æthelflæd, and her husband Æthelred, Ealdorman of Mercia, were buried in the Priory. Oswald's head was interred in Durham Cathedral.
Oswald was the son of Æthelfrith of Bernicia. Oswald married King Cynegils' daughter.
His feast day is 5 August.
C.Smith
Gravesite Details
Aug 641 • BODY : Bardney Abbey Lincolnshire (Memorial 198592718). in 909 BODY transferred to St Oswald's Priory, Gloucester.
HEAD : Durham Cathedral, Durham, England.
ONE ARM : Petersborough Abbey, Petersborough, England.
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