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A History of the County of Somerset
… Meare, 491 developed from the confusion of an Anglo-Saxon Beonna with the Irish Benignus, allegedly a follower of St. …
A History of the County of Northampton
… instance may be trusted. 8 Of the three next abbots, Pusa, Beonna, and Ceolver, nothing is known save the order of their … 100 Saxulf, 654 Cuthbald, 675 Egbald, before 716 Pusa Beonna Ceolver Hedda, 870 Adulf (archbishop of York, 992), …
A History of the County of Somerset
… 72 Benignus, St, 16, 39, 123, 136, 138 Bennett, Fr., 109 Beonna, St, 39 Bere, Ric., abbot of Glastonbury, 14, 26, 401, … Sarah, 218 Saints, see, Augustine; Benedict; Benignus; Beonna; Bridget; Budoc; Catherine; Christopher; Clement; …
A History of the County of Somerset
… It seems that by the 11th century an Anglo-Saxon called Beonna, perhaps a holy man, was buried at Meare. By 1091 he …