Venerable
Bettelin
A disciple of Saint Guthlac and a hermit in England.
- Feast
- September 9old style September 22
- Era
- 8th century
- Order
- Venerables
Life
Bettelin, also called Beccel, was in the eighth century a disciple of Saint Guthlac of Crowland in England, and a hermit. He lived at Crowland with companions under the first abbot, Kenulf. He is a saint of the undivided Church, venerated in the West.
His commemoration falls on 9 September (new calendar); the Churches on the Old Calendar keep the same day of the Menaion on 22 September of the civil calendar. We have no further details of his life.
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