Bede's Ecclesiastical History

Ultan

Family: Irish · Role: anchorite and brother of Fursa · First appears: Book III · Chap. XIX

Book III · Chap. XIX

  • siblings with Fursa “He had another brother called Ultan, who, after a long monastic probation, had also adopted the life of an anchorite.”
  • with Fursa (Fursa lived with Ultan for a year in self-denial and prayer.) “So, seeking him out alone, he lived a whole year with him in self-denial and prayer, and laboured daily with his hands.”

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