New publication

An illustrated translation of the "Life of Fursey", under the original Latin title of Transitus Beati Fursei will be launched by the Archbishop of Canterbury at a special Reception in Norwich on 10 November 2007.

This will be the first English translation of the earliest (eighth century) surviving manuscript of the seventh century "Life of Fursey" - Harley MS 5041 in the British Library, and has been made by Professor Oliver Rackham of Cambridge University. The Latin text is included, as also Bede's use of the "Life" in his own History of the English Church and people.

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Feast of St Fursey 2008

The Feast of St Fursey will be celebrated on Saturday 19 January 2008.

We meet at St Matthew's Church, Thorpe Hamlet, Norwich, for a Celtic service at 2.30pm.
This will be followed by the lecture when, for the first time, we are going beyond Fursey to another East Anglian saint, born about 20 years after Fursey's death. Professor Jane Roberts will speak on "Guthlac of Crowland: a saint for England?" Jane Roberts is Emeritus Professor of English Language and Medieval Literature at the University of London, and Senior Research Fellow at the Institute of English Studies, University of London.

The afternoon will cost £3 and is open to all.

Previous lectures

Pilgrimage to Burgh Castle

The annual pilgrimage to Burgh Castle in honour of Fursey will next take place on Saturday 4 October 2008.