Boisil
Saint Boisil | |
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Roman Catholic Church; Anglican Communion | |
| Major shrine | Melrose Abbey, Scotland (destroyed) |
| Feast | 7 July (24 February for Orthodox)[2] |
| Attributes | Abbot |
Boisil (died 661) was a monk of
Life
Almost all that is known of Boisil is learned from
Boisil was prior of this house under the abbot Eata, both of whom seem to have been trained in monastic discipline by
It was from Boisil that Cuthbert learned the scriptures, pupil and teacher becoming friends. Both travelled among the villages neighbouring Melrose and preached to the local people.[7] The sick and ailing were brought to Boisil from far and near seeking to be cured by his herbal remedies, and by the healing properties of the two local springs containing iron salts.[7]
Contemporaries were deeply impressed with Boisil's supernatural intuitions. Three years beforehand, he foretold the great pestilence of 664, and that he himself should die of it, but that Eata, the abbot, should outlive it.[5] When in the great pestilence Cuthbert was stricken down, Boisil declared he would certainly recover. Somewhat later Boisil himself as he had foretold three years before, fell a victim to this terrible epidemic, but before the end came he predicted that Cuthbert would become a bishop and would effect great things for the Church.[4]
After his death, Boisil appeared twice in a vision to a monk he had known, concerning the future Bishop
References
- ^ "Saint Boisil". LTN. Archived from the original on 5 August 2012. Retrieved 25 February 2011.
- ^ "Ὁ Ὅσιος Μποϊζὶλ ἐκ Σκωτίας" [The saint of Scotland Boizil]. GRAND SYNAXARISTIS (in Greek). Retrieved 25 February 2011.
- Historia ecclesiastica gentis Anglorum, IV, xxvii, and Vita Cuthberti
- ^ a b c "St. Boisil". Catholic Encyclopedia.
- ^ a b c Butler, Alban. The Lives of the Saints, Vol. II, 1866
- ^ "Northern Saints", 'This is Durham', Durham County Council
- ^ a b c "St. Boisil - Confessor". Parish of Oystermouth, Swansea
This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Thurston, Herbert (1907). "St. Boisil". In Herbermann, Charles (ed.). Catholic Encyclopedia. Vol. 2. New York: Robert Appleton Company.