Cissa of Crowland
Cissa of Crowland | |
|---|---|
| Abbot of Crowland | |
| Venerated in | Roman Catholic Church |
| Major shrine | Thorney Abbey |
| Feast | 23 September[1] |
Cissa of Crowland was a saint in the medieval Fenlands. He was the successor of Guthlac as abbot of Crowland, and is mentioned in Felix' Vita Guthlaci.[2] According to the Crowland Chronicle his tomb was next to Guthlac's, and like the tomb of Guthlac, was destroyed by the Scandinavians.[2] His relics were translated to Thorney Abbey in the 10th-century.[2]
Notes
[edit]- ^ "Saint Cissa of Northumbria". 5 July 2012.
- ^ a b c Blair, "Handlist", p. 521
References
[edit]- Blair, John (2002), "A Handlist of Anglo-Saxon Saints", in Thacker, Alan; Sharpe, Richard (eds.), Local Saints and Local Churches in the Early Medieval West, Oxford: Oxford University Press, pp. 495–565, ISBN 0-19-820394-2