Martyr
Torthred of Thorney
An Anglo-Saxon martyr honored at Thorney, martyred in 869, commemorated in the Orthodox England calendar.
- Feast
- September 30old style October 13
- Reposed
- 8699th century
- Place
- Thorney
- Order
- Martyrs
Life
Holy Martyr Torthred of Thorney was a hermit who lived in the ninth century at Thorney in the east of England, together with his siblings Tancred and Tova, and he was slain by the Danes in the year 869. Others of the community at Thorney were killed with him.
He is commemorated on 30 September (new style), with Tancred and Tova, at Thorney and at Deeping, as a saint of the undivided Church.
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