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SATURDAY, 19 OCTOBER 2013
19th October, St Frideswide, Virgin
St Frideswide, Virgin, Patron Saint of Oxford.
St. Frideswide - or Fritheswith - was born about
665 near Oxford, the daughter of noble parents.
She founded a convent at the gates of Oxford -
where Christ Church now stands. Aelfgar,
prince of Mercia, was determined to marry her
for her beauty and her inheritance, but she fled
to the forests to avoid his attentions. When she
returned to Oxford, Aelfgar beseiged the city,
but just at the point of victory he was struck
blind. For many years afterwards, she presided
as Abbess of a double monastery of both monks
and nuns. Some say that the origins of the University of Oxford lie in
the school she established there. She was well known in her lifetime for
effecting miraculous cures, and a well at Binsey - where she latterly
retired as a hermitess - became known as a place of healing. She died
at Binsey on19th October 735, and was buried in her monastery.
Dilexisti justitiam, et odisti iniquitatem: properea unxit te Deus, Deus
tuus, oleo laetitiae prae consortibus tuis. * Eructavit cor meum verbum
bonum: dico ego opera mea Regi.Thou hast loved justice and hated
iniquity: therefore God, thy God, hath anointed thee with the oil of
gladness above thy fellows. * My heart hath uttered a good word: I
speak my works to the King.
(Psalm 44:8,2 from the Introit of Mass)
Exáudi nos, Deus, salutáris noster: ut, sicut de beátae Frideswidae
Vírginis tuae festivitáte gaudémus; ita piae devotiónis erudiámur
afféctu.Hear us, O God our Saviour; that as we rejoice in the festivity of
blessed Frideswide Thy virgin, so we may be instructed in the affection
of pious devotion.
(Collect)
Wikipedia entry: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frideswide
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