Saint Guthlac

Stained glass panel depicting Guthlac of Crowland, in Crowland Abbey.

Saint Guthlac of Crowland (674 – 3 April 714 CE) was a Christian hermit and saint from Lincolnshire in England. He is particularly venerated in the Fens of eastern England.

Quotes

Guthlac was a soldier, and later a hermit. His transition from violence occurred when the following words were constantly on his mind. They are from [Gospel of Matthew|Matthew's gospel].

• Let not your flight be in the winter, nor on the sabbath-day. (Translated to Modern English.)
  • D. C. O. Adams,  (1901) The Saints and Missionaries of the Anglo-Saxon Era p 5. Oxford and London. A. R. Mowbray & Co.

Quotes about Guthlac

• (tr.) For the benefit of this purpose, this small book was thought to be made, so that those who know the memory of such a great man may be remembered, while those who do not know, it may be marked as an indicator of a widely paved road.
  • (Latin): [A]d huius utilitatis commodum hunc codicellum fieri ratus, ut illis qui sciunt ad memoriam tanti viri, nota revocandi fiat, his vero, qui ignorant, velut late pansae viae indicum notescat.
  • From Felix’s Vita sancti Guthlaci (c. 730-740)."The Early Texts of the Cult of Saint Guthlac". DOI:10.1080/0013838X.2018.1558700.