Plague of 664
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The plague of 664 was an
According to the Irish
Bede wrote:
In the same year of our Lord 664, there happened an eclipse of the sun, on the third day of May, about the tenth hour of the day. In the same year, a sudden pestilence depopulated first the southern parts of Britain, and afterwards attacking the province of the Northumbrians, ravaged the country far and near, and destroyed a great multitude of men. By this plague the aforesaid priest of the Lord, Tuda, was carried off, and was honourably buried in the monastery called Paegnalaech. Moreover, this plague prevailed no less disastrously in the island of Ireland. Many of the nobility, and of the lower ranks of the English nation, were there at that time, who, in the days of the Bishops Finan and Colman, forsaking their native island, retired thither, either for the sake of sacred studies, or of a more ascetic life; and some of them presently devoted themselves faithfully to a monastic life, others chose rather to apply themselves to study, going about from one master's cell to another. The Scots willingly received them all, and took care to supply them with daily food without cost, as also to furnish them with books for their studies, and teaching free of charge.[3]
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References
- ^ ISBN 978-1-4381-2923-5.
- ^ NASA.gov
- ^ "Bede's Ecclesiastical History of England". www.gutenberg.org. Retrieved June 9, 2020.
- ^ Adomnan of Iona. Life of St Columba. Penguin Books, 1995
- ^ Plague in Seventh Century England[dead link] 1 August 1997 Oxford Journals Retrieved 7 October 2016
See also
- First plague pandemic
- Plague of Mohill, first recorded Irish plague