Venerable
Echa
A hermit at Crayke in England, reposed in 767.
- Feast
- May 5old style May 18
- Reposed
- 7678th century
- Place
- Crayke
- Order
- Venerables
Life
Saint Echa (Etha) was a priest and hermit monk at Crayke near York in England in the eighth century, known for holiness, healing and prophetic gifts. According to the York Annals he reposed in the year 767. He is commemorated on 5 May. His life is known from the hagiography in the Secgan Manuscript and from the poem of Saint Alcuin on the saints of York.
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