St. Paul’s Episcopal Church

At St. Paul’s Parish This Week:

In Church News:

Archbishop of Canterbury Rowan Williams, who recently attended part of the 76th General Convention of the Episcopal Church, addressed the Church of England’s General Synod July 13 about issues related to the Anglican Communion Read the full report of his address here.

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On the Calendar of Saints – St. Osmund:

Today is a feria on the Episcopal Church’s calendar. On the Calendar of the Church of England, today commemorates the 11th Century bishop, St. Osmund of Salisbury. Exciting Holiness – 2007 tells us:

Born the son of a Norman count, Osmund came to England in the wake of William the Conqueror and was quickly promoted to Chancellor in 1072. Six years later he became Bishop of Salisbury and completed the building of the new cathedral at Old Sarum. He was a scholar and a good administrator but was best loved for his lack of avarice and ambition, traits apparently not common in the new hierarchy of Church and state. He took part in collecting the information for the Domesday Book and was present at Sarum when it was presented to the king in 1086. Osmund died on 4 December 1099 and his remains were translated to the new cathedral in Salisbury on this day in the year 1457.

(Another biography of St. Osmund can be found at David Nash Ford’s British history website.

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