| 词条 | Reginald of Durham |
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|source= Reginald of Durham, Vita et Miracula Sancti Godrici}} The details of his life are uncertain, but he was "apparently of English descent" and had joined the monks at Durham by around 1153. He was active in the 1160s and 1170s, spending time in Finchale with the hermit and saint Godric, and writing the works for which he is now known. It is thought that the time spent in Coldingham came later, after 1188, though again this is not certain – an alternative explanation for the association with Coldingham is that it was his birthplace, though this is considered less likely.[2] Two lengthy works on saints are attributed to Reginald. The first is an account of the life of Godric—including his taming influence on the snakes of Finchale that eventually nestled by his fireside—and the miracles that followed the saint's death. The second is a collection of 129 posthumous miracles attributed to the 7th-century saint Cuthbert, such as those associated with St Cuthbert's Well. The stated purpose of his libellus or "little book", kept near Cuthbert's shrine in Durham Cathedral, was to honour Cuthbert; it was also in the interests of the monastic community in Durham to maintain the cult of Cuthbert when that of the 12th-century saint Thomas was growing in Canterbury.[3] A much shorter work concerned another 7th-century saint, Oswald, a martyred King of Northumbria. All three of these works included contributions by Aelred of Rievaulx, who encouraged and aided Reginald's work.[1] A fourth work may have been the basis of a sermon about St Ebba (615–683), however the sermon itself is not in the style associated with Reginald. According to Tudor, that style could "degenerate into almost incomprehensible turgidity", but his desire for detail and capacity for close observation made him capable of "extremely vivid evocation of contemporary conditions".[1] Notes1. ^1 2 Victoria Tudor, Coldingham, Reginald of (d. c.1190), Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004, accessed 6 February 2012 2. ^The account here follows that given in the entry on Reginald of Coldingham by Tudor (2004) in the Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, the earlier entry in the Dictionary of National Biography having been written by Mary Bateson and published in 1896 (see Reginald of Coldingham). 3. ^{{harvnb|Tudor|1989}} References
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