Hilda of Whitby

Hilda of Whitby (also Hild, Hilde, or Hildi; * 614 in Northumbria, England; † November 17 680 in Streaneshalch ) was an English monastery founder. She is worshiped as a saint.

Life

Hilda came to 614 to the world. Her father Hereric was a nephew of King Edwin of Northumbria. Your mother's name was Breguswith. It was related by her sister Hereswitha with the royal house of East Anglia. She was baptized by Bishop Paulinus of 627 York, when King Edwin and his family became Christians.

At the age of 33 years, Hilda decided to go into the Frankish monastery of Chelles, where her sister was already Hereswitha nun. Aidan of Lindisfarne convinced her to stay in Northumbria. He put her at Wearmouth a piece of land available where she led a monastic life with a few like-minded people.

Then Hilda entered the monastery Heruteu ( Hartlepool ), whose abbess was around 649. In the year 657 she founded the double monastery Streoneshalch, today's Whitby Abbey. In this lived both men and women, with the quarters adjoined and Hilda had the overall lead. Hilda also paid special attention to a comprehensive education of men and women about the theological and philosophical disciplines, making the monastery Streoneshalch one of the most important religious centers in England was. Five subsequent bishops, Bosa, Ætla, Oftfor, John of Beverley and Wilfrid II, were formed under Hilda's leadership in Whitby. Cædmon was a monk at Whitby and to have been entrusted with the herding pigs Hilda. His creation hymn is the oldest surviving poem in Old English.

In this monastery was 664 instead of the Synod of Whitby, when it was decided whether Northumbria should take the form of the tonsure and the date of Easter from the Celtic or Roman tradition. The synod decided in favor of the Roman tradition, which led to a convergence of the local church at Rome. Although Hilda pulled the Celtic tradition in which they had lived before, as the decision was, however, fallen, turned their influence on achieving a peaceful transition. As part of this they introduced the Roman liturgy and the Rule of St. Benedict ( Benedictine rule). Hilda died on 17 November 680 in Whitby Abbey after six years of illness.

Worship

The calendar of St. Willibrord, which originated at the beginning of the 8th century, is the oldest written testimony that mentions the worship of Hilda. The main source of their life is the Ecclesiastical History of Bede.

Hilda's feast day is in the Roman Catholic Church on 17 November, in the Anglican Church on 19 November.

Swell

Paulinus of York Francia Chelles Abbey Philosophy Bosa of York Wilfrid II (bishop of York) November 19 Internet History Sourcebooks Project Karl Rahner Prosopography of Anglo-Saxon England Integrated Authority File
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