Saint Botolph

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Saint Botolph is a 7th-century English abbot and saint traditionally venerated as the patron of travelers and various towns bearing his name, especially in eastern England.

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All labels observed (5)

Label Occurrences
Saint Botolph canonical 19
St Botolph 3
Botolph of Iken 1

Statements (46)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Anglo-Saxon monk
Christian saint
abbot
associatedWith East Anglia
Iken, Suffolk
canonizationStatus pre-congregation
centuryOfActivity 7th century
commemoratedIn medieval English calendars of saints
countryOfCitizenship Kingdom of the East Angles
cultDeveloped early Middle Ages
dateOfBirth 7th century
dateOfDeath c. 680
era Anglo-Saxon England
feastDay 17 June
hasAttribute abbot’s habit
monastery in background
staff
hasLegacy many churches in England dedicated to him
several English place names derived from his name
hasVariantName Saint Botolph self-linksurface differs
surface form: Botolph of Iken

Saint Botolph self-linksurface differs
surface form: Botolph of Thorney

Botulf
Botwulf
honorificPrefix Saint
influenced medieval devotion to patron saints of travel
languageOfName Old English
notableWork founded monastery at Iken in Suffolk
occupation abbot
monk
patronage Boston, Lincolnshire, England
surface form: Boston, Lincolnshire

Boston, Massachusetts
boundaries
farmers
travellers
various English towns named after him
wayfarers
placeOfBurial Thorney Abbey (translated relics)
surface form: Bury St Edmunds (translated relics)

Thorney Abbey (translated relics)
placeOfMonasticFoundation Iken, Suffolk
positionHeld abbot of Iken
religion Christianity
sexOrGender male
typeOfSaint confessor
veneratedIn Anglican Communion
Eastern Orthodox Christianity
surface form: Eastern Orthodox Church

Roman Catholicism
surface form: Roman Catholic Church

Referenced by (25)

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Boston, Lincolnshire, England dedicatedTo Saint Botolph
subject surface form: St Botolph's Church, Boston
Saint Botolph hasVariantName Saint Botolph self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Botolph of Thorney
Saint Botolph hasVariantName Saint Botolph self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Botolph of Iken
St Botolph's Church dedicatedTo Saint Botolph
subject surface form: St Botolph's Church, Boston
Botulf alternateName Saint Botolph
Iken, Suffolk associatedWith Saint Botolph
Botwulf alternateName Saint Botolph
Boston Stump dedicatedTo Saint Botolph
Boston dedicatedTo Saint Botolph
subject surface form: St Botolph's Church, Boston
Boston dedicatedTo Saint Botolph
subject surface form: St Botolph's Church
Boston namedAfter Saint Botolph
subject surface form: St Botolph's Church
Botolph borneBy Saint Botolph
this entity surface form: Saint Botolph of Thorney
St Botolph’s Bishopsgate, London dedicatedTo Saint Botolph
subject surface form: St Botolph’s Bishopsgate
St Botolph’s Bishopsgate, London namedAfter Saint Botolph
subject surface form: St Botolph’s Bishopsgate
Iken dedicatedTo Saint Botolph
subject surface form: St Botolph’s Church, Iken
this entity surface form: St Botolph
Iken associatedWith Saint Botolph
this entity surface form: St Botolph
Iken religiousDedication Saint Botolph
this entity surface form: St Botolph