| Singing the Song: a calendar of holy people associated with the Diocese of Ely | ||||
| introduction | calendar | proper material | common material | appendix |
23 Etheldreda, queen, virgin, Abbess of Ely, c.678, founder of Ely Abbey, patron of the diocese of Ely
For pastoral reasons the festival of Saint Etheldreda may be observed on 17th October.
(In the following list, † denotes an addition to the Calendar; * denotes a suggested change in status, from Commemoration to Lesser Festival.)
3
Werburga, Abbess of Ely
Commemoration†
13
Ermenilda, Abbess of Ely, c.700
Commemoration†
27
George Herbert, Priest, Poet, 1633
(student at Cambridge, prebendary of Leighton Bromswold)
Lesser Festival
EH
17
Withburga, nun, 743(?)
Commemoration†
21
Thomas Cranmer, Archbishop of Canterbury, Reformation Martyr, 1556
(student at Cambridge)
Lesser Festival
EH
24
Walter Hilton of Thurgarton, Augustinian Canon, Mystic, 1396
(student at Cambridge)
Commemoration
EH
31
John Donne, Priest, Poet, 1631
(student at Cambridge)
Commemoration
EH
1
Frederick Denison Maurice, Priest, Teacher of the Faith, 1872
(professor at Cambridge)
Commemoration
EH
10
William Law, Priest, Spiritual Writer, 1761
(student at Cambridge)
Lesser Festival
EH
11
George Augustus Selwyn, first Bishop of New Zealand, 1878
(student at Cambridge)
Commemoration
24
Ivo, bishop, missionary, c.600
Commemoration†
26
Arthur Michael Ramsey, Archbishop of Canterbury, 1988
(native of Cambridge, professor at Cambridge)
Commemoration†
17
Botolph, monk, 680
Commemoration†
1
John and Henry Venn, Priests, Evangelical Divines, 1813 and 1873
(students at Cambridge)
Commemoration
EH
6
Sexburga, queen, Abbess of Ely, 699
Commemoration†
6
Thomas More, Scholar,
John Fisher, Bishop of Rochester, Reformation Martyrs, 1535
(students at Cambridge)
Commemoration
EH
27
Brooke Foss Westcott, Bishop of Durham, Teacher of the Faith, 1901
(professor at Cambridge)
Commemoration
30
William Wilberforce, Social Reformer, 1833
(student at Cambridge)
Lesser Festival
EH
31
Germans (Germanus of Auxerre?, bishop, 448)
Commemoration†
31
Neot, monk and hermit, c.877
Commemoration†
1
Peter’s Chains (Peter ad Vincula, or Lammas)
Commemoration†
7
John Mason Neale, Priest, Hymn Writer, 1866
(student at Cambridge)
Commemoration
EH
13
Jeremy Taylor, Bishop of Down and Connor, Teacher of the Faith, 1667
(native of Cambridge, student at Cambridge)
Lesser Festival
EH
13
Octavia Hill, Social Reformer, 1912
(native of Wisbech)
Lesser Festival*
26
Pandionia, nun, c.904
Commemoration†
20
John Coleridge Patteson, First Bishop of Melanesia, and his Companions, Martyrs, 1871
(student at Cambridge)
Lesser Festival
EH
25
Lancelot Andrewes, Bishop of Winchester, Spiritual Writer, 1626
(formerly Bishop of Ely)
Lesser Festival
EH
26
Thomas Clarkson, Deacon, Social Reformer, 1846
(native of Wisbech)
Lesser Festival†
6
William Tyndale, Translator of the Scriptures, Reformation Martyr, 1536
(student at Cambridge)
Lesser Festival
EH
16
Nicholas Ridley, Bishop of London, and Hugh Latimer, Bishop of Worcester, Reformation Martyrs, 1555
(students at Cambridge)
Lesser Festival
EH
17
Translation of Etheldreda, 695, 1106, 1252
Commemoration†
For pastoral reasons the Translation of Saint Etheldreda may be observed as a festival, using the material proper to 23rd June.
17
Foundation of the Diocese of Ely, 1109
Commemoration†
19
Henry Martyn, Translator of the Scriptures, Missionary in India and Persia, 1812
(student at Cambridge, fellow of St John’s College, curate of Holy Trinity, Cambridge, and Lolworth)
Lesser Festival
EH
4
Vigor, Bishop of Bayeux, c.537
Commemoration†
9
Margery Kempe, Mystic, c.1440
(native of Kings Lynn)
Commemoration
EH
13
Charles Simeon, Priest, Evangelical Divine, 1836
(Vicar of Holy Trinity Cambridge, Fellow of King’s College)
Lesser Festival
17
Hugh, Bishop of Lincoln, 1200
(lived at Buckden)
Lesser Festival
EH
22
Clive Staples Lewis, Spiritual Writer, 1963
(professor at Cambridge)
Commemoration†
4
Nicholas Ferrar, Deacon, Founder of the Little Gidding Community, 1637
Lesser Festival*
17
Dorothy Leigh Sayers, Spiritual Writer, 1957
(lived at Bluntisham)
Commemoration†
date to be determined
Wendreda
Commemoration†
In addition to this calendar, an appendix contains brief biographical notes on several other notable historical figures associated with the Diocese of Ely.
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