Feast of St Caedmon (d 680), a simple cowherd in Northumbria, who had a dream in which he was given the gift of translating scripture into verse. Upon waking he was able to amaze his fellows by recounting the story of Creation. He was presented to Abbess Hilda of Whitby who...
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persuaded him to become a monk. As he grew in knowledge of the faith, so did he grow in his poetic gifts. Historian St Bede gives great attention to this cowherd/monk/poet, who in translating sacred history in his native tongue was on a par with any missionary bishop.
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In Caedmon the English tongue was truly baptized. In returning praise to their Creator, a new people in a new language found the true reason for which they were created.
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