An Old English Martyrology

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Excerpt from An Old English Martyrology: Re-Edited From Manuscripts in the Libraries of the British Museum and of Corpus Christi College, CambridgeAbout the same time another Martyrology was compiled by the greatest teacher of the age, the Venerable Bede. A great con fusion had gained ground in the Calendars in consequence of the uncritical attitude of the compilers, who would often assign the names of martyrs to a wrong date, or would enter the same name several times. Bede, being more critical in this respect, thought it better to leave some blank spaces in his list in order to avoid mistakes and repetitions (cp. His Historia Ecclesiastica V, These gaps were soon afterwards filled up by Florus, subdeacon at Lyons about 8 30, so that now it is sometimes difficult to determine which part of the work belongs to either of them.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.