Holy Venerable Martyrs
Theodore and Companions
An abbot and monks of Crowland, slain by the Danes in 869.
Life
Holy Venerable Martyrs Theodore, abbot of the monastery of Crowland in England, and his monks were killed by the Danes in 869. Besides the abbot, several others are mentioned by name: Askega and Swethin, Elfgete the deacon, Sabinus the subdeacon, Egdred and Ulric, and also Grimkeld and Agamund, both centenarians. Theodore and Companions are saints of the undivided Church, commemorated on 9 April (new style; 22 April in the old style).
Commemorated the same day April 9
- Maximus of AlexandriaSaint · Patriarch of AlexandriaApr 9
Acacius of AmidaSaint · Bishop of AmidaApr 9
Bademus of PersiaVenerable Martyr · Abbot and martyr of PersiaApr 9
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Aedesius of AlexandriaMartyr · Brother of Saint AmphianApr 9
Eupsychius of CaesareaMartyr · Martyr of Caesarea in CappadociaApr 9- ClementinaMartyrApr 9
- Theodore of CrowlandVenerable Martyr · Abbot of CrowlandApr 9
- Abdies of PersiaMartyrApr 9
- AedhachSaintApr 9
- Bat Emas of PersiaMartyrApr 9
- BroganSaintApr 9