Pega of Mersia (c. 673 , Mercia - c. 719 , Rome ) - a hermit of Mersia , a saint of the Catholic Church, commemorated on January 8 .
| Pega of Mersia | |
|---|---|
| Birth | 673 |
| Death | 719 |
| Is revered | Catholic Church |
| In the face | saint |
| Day of Remembrance | January 8 |
Biography
Saint Pega was born in Mercia , in England . She was the sister of St. Gutlak from Crowland . As a virgin, she led a solitary life in Fens , now Peakirk , that is, the Peggy Church in Northamptonshire , not far from her brother. When he realized that his death was near ( 714 ), he called her to his funeral. To get there, Pega, according to legend, sailed down Welland and healed a blind man from Wisbech that was on her way. Gutlak bequeathed to her his Psalter and whip . She transferred all this to the monastery, which arose near the place of her solitude. After the death of Gutlak, she is said to have gone to Rome and there she went to the Lord approx. 719 years .
The order Vitaly (Ordericus Vitalis) claimed that her relics were preserved in one of the Roman churches, and miracles were revealed at the place of her burial.
Links
- Benedictine monks of st. Augustine Abbey, Ramsgate. (1947). The Book of Saints. NY: Macmillan.
- Farmer, DH (1997). The Oxford Dictionary of Saints. Oxford: Oxford University Press.