The Syon Abbey Martyrology
Posts in The Copybook credited to ‘The Syon Abbey Martyrology’
In The Copybook
Posts in The Copybook credited to ‘The Syon Abbey Martyrology’
In The Copybook
Back in the 6th century, Mary was consumed by an addiction so compulsive that she would use and discard anyone to satisfy it.
St Mary of Egypt was a hermit of the Holy Land who made such an impression on England that Abbot Elfric (?955-?1022) left us a lengthy sermon on her extraordinary life. Her story remained a favourite long after the Norman Conquest, and the following account comes from a Martyrology customarily read out in Syon Abbey (long vanished, a victim of the Reformation) and printed in 1526.