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[edit] Content from "Saint Bega"
The following content is from the article Saint Bega, which is now a redirect to here. Pastordavid 17:01, 7 February 2007 (UTC)
St. Bega was a Dark Ages' saint of what is now north-west England, the area at the time being part of the celtic kingdom of Rheged.
She was supposedly an Irish king's daughter who valued virginity. She was said to be promised in marriage to a Viking prince who, according to a medieval manuscript, was "son of the king of Norway". Bega "fled across the Irish sea to land at what in now called St. Bees, a remote spot on the Cumbrian coast. There she settled for a time, leading a life of exemplary piety. Then, fearing the raids of pirates which were starting along the coast, she moved over to Northumbria."
If she existed, the most likely date for her coming to St. Bees is about 850 AD.
She was associated in legend with a number of miracles, the most famous being the "Snow miracle":
Ranulf le Meschin (sic) had endowed the monastery with its lands, but a lawsuit later developed about their extent. The monks feared a miscarriage of justice. The day appointed for a perambulation of the boundaries arrived - and, lo and behold, there was a thick snowfall on all the surrounding lands but not a flake upon the lands of the priory. Melvyn Bragg wrote the novel Credo based on her life.
