St Bega's Church

Local nameSt Bega's Church
LocationBassenthwaite, UK

Saint Bega was reputedly a saint of the Early Middle Ages; an Irish princess who valued virginity. Promised in marriage to a Viking prince who, according to a medieval manuscript The Life of St Bega, was "son of the king of Norway", Bega "fled across the Irish sea to land at St. Bees on the Cumbrian coast. There she settled for a time, leading a life of exemplary piety, then, fearing the raids of pirates which were starting along the coast, she moved over to Northumbria". The most likely time for this would have been after AD 850, when the Vikings were settling Ireland.

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Wikipedia https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bega_(Cumbria)

Address CA12 4, United Kingdom

Coordinates 54°38'52.38" N -3°12'0.358" E

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