ENGLISH SPEAKING SAINTS April 9 St. Dotto,, St. Hedda. St. Madrun. Martyrs of Croyland. Benedictine monks who were slain by the Danes during an invasion of Croyland Abbey, England

ENGLISH SPEAKING SAINTS April 9 St. Dotto, 6th century. Abbot of a monastery of the Orkney Islands of Scotland. St. Hedda. 870 A.D. Martyred Benedictine abbot of Peterborough, England. He and eighty four monks were slain by Danes marauding along the English coast. St. Madrun. A Welsh or Cornish widow. No details of her life are extant, but some Welsh churches bear her name. Martyrs of Croyland. Benedictine monks who were slain by the Danes during an invasion of Croyland Abbey, England, and the surrounding area. The abbot was Theodore. Others suffering included Askega, the prior; Swethin, the sub prior; and Elfgete, Savinus, Egdred, Agamund, Grimkeld, and Ulrick.

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