Guthlac of Crowland

Our venerable and God-bearing father Guthlac of Croyland was a hermit of the late seventh and early eighth centuries. Born a prince of some rank, after spending time as a soldier he forsook the world and took up in a moor, draining it and battling demons.

External links

• Catholic Encyclopedia article
• Early British Kingdoms' Life of St. Guthlac
• Wikipedia:Guthlac
• Akathist to St. Guthlac