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Philip of Oxford

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Philip of Oxford (died after 1191) was an Augustinian canon and head of the Priory of St Frideswide, Oxford.[1]

Philip is the author of a collection of miracles attributed to Frithuswith, The Miracles of St Frideswide (Miracula sancte Frideswide).[2] In the work, he names himself as prior on the day of the translation of her relics, 12 February 1180.[3][4]

References

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  1. ^ Dunning, Andrew (18 January 2018). "Philip of Oxford". Archives de littérature du Moyen Âge (ARLIMA).
  2. ^ Dunning, Andrew N. J. (2018). "St Frideswide's Priory as a centre of learning in early Oxford". Mediaeval Studies. 80: 253–296. ISSN 0076-5872.
  3. ^ Philip of Oxford, Miracula sancte Frideswide 1, Oxford, Bodleian Library, Digby 177, fols 1v–2r.
  4. ^ Blair, John (1987). "Saint Frideswide Reconsidered" (PDF). Oxoniensia. 52: 71–127.

Bibliography

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  • Sharpe, Richard (1997). A handlist of the Latin writers of Great Britain and Ireland before 1540. Publications of the Journal of Medieval Latin. Turnhout: Brepols. ISBN 2-503-50575-9.
  • Ward, Benedicta (1997). "St Frideswide of Oxford". In Henry Wansbrough; Anthony Marett-Crosby (eds.). Benedictines in Oxford. London: Darton, Longman and Todd. pp. 3–10. ISBN 0-232-52176-X.
  • Yarrow, Simon (2006). Saints and their communities: miracle stories in twelfth-century England. Oxford historical monographs. Oxford: Clarendon Press. doi:10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199283637.001.0001. ISBN 0-19-928363-X.