Hieu | |
|---|---|
| Abbess | |
| Born | c. 7th century |
| Died | 12 March, c. 7th century Healaugh, Yorkshire, England |
| Venerated in |
Eastern Orthodox Church Roman Catholic Church |
| Feast | 2 September |
Hieu was a 7th-century Irish abbess who worked in Northumbria. She was foundress of abbeys at Hartlepool and Healaugh in Yorkshire England. Hieu was also the first of the saintly recluses of Northumbria, [1] and the first known woman to rule a double monastery. [2] [3]
Life
Nothing is known of her early life, until she met Aidan of Lindisfarne who appointed her abbess of Hartlepool Abbey and subsequently a monastery at Healaugh near Tadcaster. [4] [5]
She died at Healaugh on 12 March of an unknown year in the 7th century. [6] It is possible that the towns of Hartlepool (Hereteu) and Healaugh are named after her.
Hieu's memorial is kept on September 2. [7] [8]
References
- ^ Bede, Historia Ecclesiastica Gentis Anglorum, lib. iv, c. 23.
- ^ Archaeologia Aeliana, xix, 47.
- ^ Lina Eckenstein, Woman Under Monasticism ( CUP 1972) p88.
- ^ Michael Lapidge, & Helmut Gneuss, Learning and Literature in Anglo-Saxon England: Studies Presented to Peter Clemoes on the Occasion of His Sixty-fifth Birthday ( Cambridge University Press, 1985) page 8.
- ^ Susan G. Bell, Women, from the Greeks to the French Revolution, ( Stanford University Press, 1980) page 103.
- ^ Agnes Dunbar, A Dictionary of Saintly Women (1904).
- ^ "Saint Hieu". CatholicSaints.Info. 6 August 2009. Retrieved 17 February 2018.
- ^ September 2/September 15. Orthodox Calendar (PRAVOSLAVIE.RU).
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- 7th-century births
- 7th-century Christian saints
- 7th-century English people
- 7th-century English women
- 7th-century Irish abbots
- 7th-century Irish nuns
- 7th-century Christian nuns
- Anglo-Saxon nuns
- Anglo-Saxon abbesses
- Benedictine nuns
- Christian female saints of the Middle Ages
- English hermits
- Irish hermits
- Northumbrian saints