ST

JOHN OF

See also:

• BEVERLEY
• BEVERLEY, WILLIAM ROXBY (1814?-1889)

BEVERLEY (d. 721)  , English bishop, is said to have been born of noble parents at Harpham, in the east riding of Yorkshire . He received his education at Canterbury under Archbishop Theodore, the statement that he was educated at Oxford being of course untrue . He was for a time a member of the Whitby community, under St Hilda, and in 687 he was consecrated bishop of Hexham and in 705 was promoted to the bishopric of York . He resigned the latter see in 718, and retired to a monastery which he had founded at Beverley, where he died on the 7th of May 721 . He was canonized in 1037, and his feast is celebrated annually in the Roman Church on the 7th of May . Many miracles of healing are ascribed to John, whose pupils were numerous and devoted to him . He was celebrated for his scholarship as well as for his virtues . The following works are ascribed to John by J . Bale: Pro Luca exponendo (an exposition of Luke) ; Homiliae in Evengelia; Epistolae ad'Herebaldum,Audenam, et Bertinum; and Epistolae ad Hyldam abbatissam . See life by Folcard, based on Bede, in Acta SS . Bolland . ; and J .

Raine's

Fasti eboracenses (1863) .