Holy Venerable Martyrs
Beocca and Companions
An abbot and monks of Chertsey, slain by the Danes in 869.
Life
Holy Venerable Martyrs Beocca, abbot, Ethor, monk and priest, and some ninety monks of Chertsey in Surrey, England, were put to death by the Danes in 869. In their onslaught on England the Danes attacked monasteries in particular; at Peterborough they killed Abbot Hedda and others of his monastery, and at Thorney Torthred and others. Beocca and Companions are saints of the undivided Church, commemorated on 10 April (new style; 23 April in the old style).
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