St Edmund of Abingdon
by Tony Murtagh
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St Edmund of Abingdon
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Tony Murtagh
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St Edmund of Abingdon, after whom St Edmund Hall College is named, was born Edmund Rich in the town of Abingdon, just south of Oxford, in about 1175. After studies at Oxford and Paris, he taught in Paris and in Oxford. Outstanding priest, administrator, teacher, and man of peace and prayer, Edmund was in charge of the finances for the great cathedral of Salisbury, then being built, and in 1234 he was consecrated Archbishop of Canterbury. The church in the background is now the college library.
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