Saint Botwulf of Thorney

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Saint Botwulf of Thorney was a 7th-century Anglo-Saxon abbot and saint venerated as a patron of travelers and farmers, known for founding monasteries in eastern England.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Anglo-Saxon abbot
Christian saint
medieval monk
patron saint
alternativeName Botolph
Saint Botwulf of Thorney
surface form: Botolph of Thorney

Botwulf
surface form: Botwulf of Iken

Saint Botwulf of Thorney
surface form: Saint Botolph
associatedWithPlace Iken
Thorney
canonizationStatus pre-congregation saint
centuryOfActivity 7th century
commemoratedBy liturgical calendars in England and other countries
countryOfCitizenship Kingdom of the East Angles
era early Middle Ages
ethnicGroup Anglo-Saxons
feastDay 17 June
feastDayInAnglicanCalendar 17 June
feastDayInRomanCatholicCalendar 17 June
givenName Botwulf
hasCultCenter Thorney Abbey (translated relics)
surface form: Thorney Abbey
hasHagiographicSource medieval Latin vitae
hasLegacy numerous churches in England dedicated to Saint Botolph
place names in England derived from Botolph
veneration as a protector of travellers and boundaries
influenced Anglo-Saxon monasticism
knownFor founding monasteries in eastern England
holiness of life
missionary work in East Anglia
languageOfWorkOrName Old English
occupation abbot
monk
patronage boundaries
farmers
trade routes
travellers
wayfarers
placeOfBirth Kingdom of the East Angles
placeOfDeath eastern England
positionHeld abbot of a monastery at Iken
regionOfActivity East Anglia
East Anglia
surface form: eastern England
religion Christianity
sexOrGender male
veneratedIn Anglican Communion
Eastern Orthodox Christianity
surface form: Eastern Orthodox Church

Roman Catholicism
surface form: Roman Catholic Church

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Thorney Abbey (translated relics) veneratedSaint Saint Botwulf of Thorney
this entity surface form: Saint Botolph
Iken, Suffolk associatedWith Saint Botwulf of Thorney
Boston Stump namedAfter Saint Botwulf of Thorney
this entity surface form: Saint Botolph of Thorney
St Botolph’s Priory dedicatedTo Saint Botwulf of Thorney
this entity surface form: Saint Botolph
St Botolph’s Church, Cambridge dedicatedTo Saint Botwulf of Thorney
this entity surface form: Saint Botolph
Botolph associatedWith Saint Botwulf of Thorney
this entity surface form: Saint Botolph of Thorney
St Botolph’s Aldgate, London dedicatedTo Saint Botwulf of Thorney
this entity surface form: Saint Botolph
St Botolph’s Aldgate, London namedAfter Saint Botwulf of Thorney
this entity surface form: Saint Botolph of Thorney
Botulph title Saint Botwulf of Thorney
this entity surface form: Saint Botulph of Thorney
St Botolph’s without Aldersgate, London dedication Saint Botwulf of Thorney
this entity surface form: Saint Botolph of Thorney
Saint Botwulf of Thorney alternativeName Saint Botwulf of Thorney
this entity surface form: Saint Botolph
Saint Botwulf of Thorney alternativeName Saint Botwulf of Thorney
this entity surface form: Botolph of Thorney
Saint Botolph’s monastery namedAfter Saint Botwulf of Thorney
this entity surface form: Saint Botolph
Iken dedicatedTo Saint Botwulf of Thorney
subject surface form: St Botolph’s Church, Iken
Iken associatedWith Saint Botwulf of Thorney
Saint Mary and Saint Botolph alsoKnownAs Saint Botwulf of Thorney
subject surface form: Saint Botolph
this entity surface form: Botolph of Thorney