Cissa of Crowland was a
saint
In religious belief, a saint is a person who is recognized as having an exceptional degree of Q-D-Š, holiness, likeness, or closeness to God. However, the use of the term ''saint'' depends on the context and Christian denomination, denominat ...
in the medieval
Fenlands
The Fens, also known as the , in eastern England are a naturally marshy region supporting a rich ecology and numerous species. Most of the fens were drained centuries ago, resulting in a flat, dry, low-lying agricultural region supported by a ...
. He was the successor of
Guthlac
Saint Guthlac of Crowland ( ang, Gūðlāc; la, Guthlacus; 674 – 3 April 714 CE) was a Christian hermit and saint from Lincolnshire in England. He is particularly venerated in the Fens of eastern England.
Life
Guthlac was the son of Penwalh ...
as
abbot of Crowland
The Abbot of Crowland was the head of Crowland Abbey, an English monastery built up around the shrine of Saint Guthlac of Crowland by King Æthelbald of Mercia, and refounded as a Benedictine house circa 948. The last abbot was John Wells (also ca ...
, and is mentioned in Felix' ''Vita Guthlaci''.
[Blair, "Handlist", p. 521] According to the ''Crowland Chronicle'' his tomb was next to Guthlac's, and like the tomb of Guthlac, was destroyed by the Scandinavians.
[ His relics were translated to ]Thorney Abbey
Thorney Abbey, now the Church of St Mary and St Botolph, was a medieval monastic house established on the island of Thorney in The Fens of Cambridgeshire, England.
History
The earliest documentary sources refer to a mid-7th century hermita ...
in the 10th-century.[
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8th-century Christian saints
East Anglian saints
Mercian saints