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    Godric of Finchale (or St Goderic) (c. 1065-1070 – 21 May 1170) was an English hermit, merchant and popular medieval saint, although he was never formally...
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  • Godric may refer to: Godric of Finchale (c. 1060–1170), Anglo-Saxon saint Godric of Mappestone (fl. 1086), Anglo-Saxon thane and landowner mentioned in...
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  • novel tells the semi-fictionalised life story of the medieval Roman Catholic saint, Godric of Finchale. It was first published in 1980 by Atheneum, New...
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    to live as a hermit at Finchale, by the River Wear. There Godric created a hermitage dedicated to St John the Baptist. Godric's biographers recorded that...
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    He was active in the 1160s and 1170s, spending time in Finchale with the hermit and saint Godric, and writing the works for which he is now known. It is...
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    Frederick Buechner (category Writers of historical fiction set in the Middle Ages)
    perspective of Saint Godric of Finchale, a 12th-century English hermit. Brendan (1987), a work of historical fiction like Godric, draws from the life of the 6th-century...
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    Castilian nobleman (b. 1105) May 21 – Godric of Finchale, English hermit and merchant July 25 – Reginald II of Bar (or Renaud), French nobleman August...
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  • walked. These include the Finchale Camino Inglés, starting at Finchale Priory, the site of the hermitage of St Godric of Finchale, the earliest known English...
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    Eastertide – optional memorial (EW) 21 May – Saint Helena or Saint Godric of Finchale, religious – optional memorial (EW) 23 May – Saint Petroc, abbot –...
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    saint of Italian tour guides, guides and flight attendants. She is also regarded as a patron saint of the city of Pisa. Godric of Finchale "St. Bona of Pisa"...
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    Durham for much of his life. Archie Gray (born 2006), midfielder and right-back for Leeds United, England U20 team. Godric of Finchale (c. 1065–1170),...
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  • the walls of Antioch Godric of Finchale, Sea Captain (during the Crusade of 1101) Guarin, sent as a messenger to Constantinople Herman of Hauteville...
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    of Jervaulx, associated with Abbot John Kingston of Byland at Jervaulx Our Lady of Durham, associated with Godric of Finchale at Durham Our Lady of Ipswich...
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  • Castilian nobleman (b. 1105) May 21 – Godric of Finchale, English hermit and merchant July 25 – Reginald II of Bar (or Renaud), French nobleman August...
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    Coast Main Line. The estate has several primary schools. Finchale Primary School and St Godric's Roman Catholic Primary School each comprise infant and...
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    represents a time of burgeoning new religious philosophies from the Cistercian leader St Bernard of Clairvaux and the local Saint Godric of Finchale, who was in...
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    working on one of the buildings. His tomb has become a centre for pilgrimage. Robert was a close spiritual friend of the hermit Godric of Finchale. On the night...
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    beginnings of the religion. Each saint is said to have led an exemplary life and symbols have been used to tell these stories throughout the history of the Church...
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  • is possible that Geoffrey was the author of two hagiographies about Bartholomew of Farne and Godric of Finchale, which were composed in the late 12th century...
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    St Giles Church, Durham (category Church of England church buildings in County Durham)
    to "the honour of God and St Giles". Godric of Finchale was a doorkeeper as St. Giles before moving to Finchale to become a hermit. The church became...
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  • A list of people, who died during the 12th century, who have received recognition as Blessed (through beatification) or Saint (through canonization) from...
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  • depictions of both Brendan the Navigator and Godric of Finchale fall within a tradition of ‘literary saints’, including ‘the “crazy saints” of Flannery...
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    Saint Walstan (category Year of birth missing)
    already taken hold at Bawburgh by the time of the Norman conquest". Walstan has been compared with Godric of Finchale, a Norfolk man who was known for his kindness...
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  • as the fate of the establishment after dissolution, and the current status of the site. Formal name or dedication is the formal name of the establishment...
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    a range of lands, including the manor of Caldecotes, the mill on Durham's Millburn, and corn from fifteen of his villages. Godric of Finchale was a doorkeeper...
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    venerated as saints, but not officially canonized. Since they are saints of the "folk", or the populus, they are also called popular saints. Like officially...
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  • CE Primary School Evenwood Ferryhill Station Primary School, Ferryhill Finchale Primary School, Newton Hall Fishburn Primary School, Fishburn Framwellgate...
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  • & St Godric, Finchale | A History of the County of Durham: Volume 2 (pp. 103-105) Saxon Houses — including Wearmouth and Jarrow | A History of the County...
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    to attend hundred and shire courts. Another charter of this reign gives the name of a monk. Godric or Godwin, perhaps an early prior, went to petition...
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