Eadsige 8 (Male) Canon expelled from Old Minster at Winchester, fl. 967
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Anonymous 526.vision of Swithhun 5: One night Swithhun 5 appeared to a smith (Anonymous 526) in a dream and addressed him with kindly words. Swithhun 5 asked Anonymous 526 if he knew a certain canon (Eadsige 8) who had been expelled from the Old Minster by King Edgar. Swithhun 5 then demanded that the smith (Anonymous 526) deliver a message to Eadsige 8. Anonymous 526 was to tell Eadsige 8 to go quickly to the town of Winchester and command the bishop, who at that time occupied the bishopric, to elevate Swithhun 5's body from its tomb and place it inside the holy church. The smith (Anonymous 526) replied that he thought Eadsige 8 would be unwilling to believe him. Swithhun 5 said that in order for Eadsige 8 to believe, he should visit Swithhun 5's tomb and pull up one ring of the six rings which the covering of the sepulchre holds fast. If the ring could be pulled away at once, then this was proof that Swithhun 5 had sent the smith (Anonymous 526) to speak to Eadsige 8.: Wulfstan.NarrMetrSwithuno i.1, pp. 412-20 (968)

Anonymous 651-Anonymous 652.meeting: Anonymous 652 went to Winchester for the sake of some necessary shopping. Anonymous 651 met him and told him about the vision of Swithhun 5 he had had and asked him to report it to his master (Eadsige 8).: Ælfric.EpitomSwithuni 5

Anonymous 651.vision of Swithhun 5: Swithhun 5 appeared to a certain smith (Anonymous 651) ordering him to go and find Eadsige 8 at Winchcombe. The smith had to tell him to go to Winchester and ask Æthelwold 1 to raise Swithhun 5's body from his tomb. Swithhun 5 also told Anonymous 651 to tell Eadsige 8 to go to his tomb and pull one ring from the six fixed in the lid of his tomb. If it came up after him, that would be the proof that Anonymous 651 was telling the truth.: Ælfric.EpitomSwithuni 2-4

Exhumation (1)

Anonymous 526.vision of Swithhun 5: Swithhun 5 appeared to a certain smith (Anonymous 526) and told him that he should tell Eadsige 8 that he should go to Winchester and tell the bishop there that he exhume Swithhun 5's body and place it suitably within the church. Anonymous 526 replied that he thought it unlikely that Eadsige 8 would believe him. Swithhun 5 replied that Anonymous 526 had to tell Eadsige 8 to go to Swithhun 5's tomb and pull up with his hand one ring of the six which are fixed in the lid of his tomb. If it gave way to him at once, it would be clear that Anonymous 526 had been sent by Swithhun 5.: Lantfred.TransMiracSwithuni 1; 3, p. 286 (968)

Expulsion (3)

Eadsige 8-Anonymi 1651.expulsion from Old Minster: Æthelwold 1 had Eadsige 8 and the other secular canons (Anonymi 1651) expelled from the Old Minster, Winchester. He replaced them with monks (Anonymi 1650): Ælfric.EpitomSwithuni 5

Eadsige 8.expulsion from Old Minster: Eadsige 8 was expelled from the Old Minster. Afterwards he was living at Winchcombe.: Ælfric.EpitomSwithuni 2

Eadsige 8.monkhood: Eadsige 8 sought the Old Minster, from which he had been expelled for his wantonness, and fulfilled his vow by taking up the righteous habit of Benedict.: Wulfstan.NarrMetrSwithuno i.1, p. 420

Hiding/harbouring/sanctuary (1)

Swithhun 5.post-mortem miracle of invisible transportation of Anonymous 549: Anonymous 549 was caught conversing with her old master. A deputy (Anonymous 618) fetched Anonymous 549, and her new mistress (Anonymous 650) tied her feet up in an enormous shackle so that she could not again go to her former owner. When dawn had broken Anonymous 650 set out to perform normal business and Anonymous 549 went to the doorway with her shackles and beseeched the Lord in a prayer to free her from her detestable chains. Immediately she sees a priest approach her, radiant with snowy-white hair and shining in resplendent vestments. He seized her by the right hand and grasped her arm as far as the elbow and in a split-second transported her to Swithhun 5's tomb in the midst of a countless throng (Anonymi 1633) which was present everywhere. He placed her (Anonymous 549), with her feet still bound by a double shackle, within the church's innermost shrine, which was closed by lock and key, and next to the altar where the body of Swithhun 5 lay. It was a miracle that out of so great a multitude no-one had been able to observe these things until she stood within the sanctuary. Anonymous 549's mistress (Anonymous 650) found out about this and followed Anonymous 549 so that she could witness the miracle. Eadsige 8 possessed the key to the shrine and questioned Anonymous 549 as to how she had got there. Anonymous 549 at first said that Eadwald 2 had placed her there but the cleric denied this. Then, in front of the whole crowd (Anonymi 1634), it transpired that it had been the merits of Swithhun 5 that had caused her to be transported invisibly to the tomb of Swithhun 5.: Wulfstan.NarrMetrSwithuno ii.2, pp. 496-502

Interrogation (1)

Manumission (1)

Meeting (2)

Anonymous 526-Anonymous 527.meeting: When crossing the market-place the smith (Anonymous 526) met, by chance, a retainer (Anonymous 527) of Eadsige 8 who had come to Winchester on business. Anonymous 526 (the smith) enjoined Anonymous 527 (the tenant of Eadsige 8) to declare to Eadsige 8, his master, everything which he had heard and learned about Eadsige 8 in the dream.: Wulfstan.NarrMetrSwithuno i.1, pp. 418-20

Message-sending (2)

Anonymous 526-Anonymous 527.meeting: Anonymous 526 came across a tenant (Anonymous 527) of Eadsige 8. He requested that he relate to his lord all the things concerning Swithhun 5 which Anonymous 526 had seen in his visions.: Lantfred.TransMiracSwithuni 1, p. 264

Miracle (1)

Monastic life, converting to/joining/oblation (2)

Eadsige 8-Wulfsige 24-Wilstan 1.conversion to monastic life: Eadsige 8, Wulfsige 24 and Wilstan 1 were the three only clerics of the Old Minster who were converted to the regular way of life.: Ælfric.VitÆthelwoldi 14

Eadsige 8.monkhood: Eadsige 8 was made a holy monk: Ælfric.EpitomSwithuni 6

Monastic reform (2)

Eadsige 8.expulsion from Old Minster: Eadsige 8 was expelled from the Old Minster. Afterwards he was living at Winchcombe.: Ælfric.EpitomSwithuni 2

Praying (1)

Relics-incorrupt preservation/placing in reliquary/requesting/translating (1)

Reporting (2)

Residence (1)

Eadsige 8.expulsion from Old Minster: Eadsige 8 was expelled from the Old Minster. Afterwards he was living at Winchcombe.: Ælfric.EpitomSwithuni 2

Tomb-making/opening (1)

Visit (1)

Vowing celibacy/chastity/virginity/poverty (1)

Factoids linked indirectly to Eadsige 8 (1)

Status (1)

Tenant of Eadsige 8 (1)

Anonymous 527: Wulfstan.NarrMetrSwithuno i.1, p. 418

Eadsige 8 (Male) Canon expelled from Old Minster at Winchester, fl. 967 m/l x

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