John of Beverley [St John of Beverley]
(d. 721)
- D. M. Palliser
Extract
John of Beverley [St John of Beverley] (d. 721), bishop of York, was posthumously the focus of a major pilgrimage cult. He was known personally to Bede, who preserved almost all the contemporary evidence for John's life and work; many of the traditions about him are not recorded until after his canonization in 1037, and some are certainly unreliable....
