Event: Culting/venerating saint(s), Grant and Gift, Pilgrimage, PrayingCnut 3.worship in St-Omer
Scholarly Info
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Cnut 3 entered the monasteries, prayed for the intercession of the saints and heaped the altars with offerings. |
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Notes:
*Cnut 3 appears to have gone from Scandinavia to Rome via Flanders and Francia in 1026/7 in order to attend the imperial coronation of Conrad II (Encyclopedia of Anglo-Saxon England).
Persons associated with this Event:
- Agent:
Cnut 3
(King of England, 1016-1035; and Denmark, c.1018-1035) : Pouring forth rivers of tears with wonderful reverence.
- Witness:
Anonymous 716
(Author of the Encomium Emmae
) : He saw this with his own eyes.
- Participant:
Anonymi 1771
(Cnut 3's followers in St-Omer
) : They carried in Cnut 3's offering.
- Recipient:
Anonymi 1772
(Poor men of St-Omer
) : The poor came and were given gifts by Cnut 3.
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