Event: Death/dying, Illness/demonic seizure/madness, MiracleDryhthelm 1.rising from dead
Scholarly Info
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Dryhthelm 1 was stricken by an illness until he reached his end and died in the early hours of the night. But at dawn he came to life again. |
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Primary Source Info
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Notes:
*Bede 1 reports the details of Dryhthelm 1's experience out of his body. There is a clear influence from Virgil's Aeneid vi.268 @Colgrave and Mynors, p.491, n.2.
Persons associated with this Event:
- Recipient:
Dryhthelm 1
(Man who had a vision of the underworld) : He rose and went to the oratory in the village and continued in prayer until daylight came.
- Witness:
Anonymous 275
(Wife of Dryhthelm 1) : His wife remained with him, though trembling with fear, when he rose from the dead.
- Witness:
Hæmgils 3
(Priest) : He would often visit Dryhthelm 1, after he retired near the monastery of Melrose, and would learn from him what sort of things he saw when he was out of his body.
- Witness:
Aldfrith 1
(King of the Northumbrians and successor of Ecgfrith 4, 686-705) : Dryhthelm 1 also told his visions to him.
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