Hieu (abbess)
Hieu | |
|---|---|
| Abbess | |
| Born | c. 7th century |
| Died | 12 March, c. 7th century Healaugh, Yorkshire, England |
| Venerated in | Eastern Orthodox Church Roman Catholic Church |
| Feast | 2 September |
Hieu was a 7th-century Irish abbess who worked in Northumbria. She was foundress of abbeys at Hartlepool and Healaugh in Yorkshire England. Hieu was also the first of the saintly recluses of Northumbria,[1] and the first known woman to rule a double monastery.[2][3]
Life
Nothing is known of her early life, until she met Aidan of Lindisfarne who appointed her abbess of Hartlepool Abbey and subsequently a monastery at Healaugh near Tadcaster.[4][5]
She died at Healaugh on 12 March of an unknown year in the 7th century.[6] It is possible that the towns of Hartlepool (Hereteu) and Healaugh are named after her.
Hieu's memorial is kept on September 2.[7][8]
References
- ^ Bede, Historia Ecclesiastica Gentis Anglorum, lib. iv, c. 23.
- ^ Archaeologia Aeliana, Vol. xix, 47.
- ^ Eckenstein, Lina. (1972) Woman Under Monasticism. Cambridge University Press. p. 88.
- ^ Michael Lapidge, & Helmut Gneuss, Learning and Literature in Anglo-Saxon England: Studies Presented to Peter Clemoes on the Occasion of His Sixty-fifth Birthday (Cambridge University Press, 1985) page 8.
- ^ Bell, Susan G. (1980) Women, from the Greeks to the French Revolution. Stanford University Press. p. 103.
- ^ Dunbar, Agnes. (1904) A Dictionary of Saintly Women. London: G.Bell.
- ^ "Saint Hieu". CatholicSaints.Info. 6 August 2009. Retrieved 17 February 2018.
- ^ September 2/September 15. Orthodox Calendar (PRAVOSLAVIE.RU).