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Died 680. Bede mentions Owen as a monk of great merit who forsook high office and a distinguished career for the love of his Lord. He came with Queen Etheldreda from East Anglia, and was her prime minister and the governor of her household. To these great employments he brought not only a high sense of duty, but also, under the influence of St. Chad (f.d. March 2) and other Celtic missionaries, a growing sense of Christian faith and obligation, until there came a day when he resolved to surrender his secular offices and devote himself entirely to the service of God.
He did not go about this matter without careful thought, for a man does not lightly cast aside rank and honour for the humble and anonymous role of a serving monk in a religious community, nor does he easily shed the habits of a secular life. The story of his arrival at the monastery of Lastingham is worth recalling.
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Dimensions | 11cm x 8cm x 1.2cm, 15cm x 11cm x 1.6cm, 21cm x 15cm x 1.6cm, 27cm x 21cm x 1.6cm, 42cm x 32cm x 1.6cm |
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