Botulf

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Botulf is an alternate name for Saint Botolph, a 7th-century English abbot venerated as the patron saint of travelers and various towns in England.

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Botulf canonical 3

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Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Christian saint
abbot
patron saint
alternateName Saint Botolph
associatedWith East Anglia
monastic reform in Anglo-Saxon England
canonizationStatus pre-congregation saint
centuryOfActivity 7th century
commemoratedIn English local calendars of saints
countryOfCitizenship Kingdom of England
culture Anglo-Saxon
linked to: Anglo-Saxon England
era Early Middle Ages
feastDay 17 June
givenName Botolph
hasCultCenter Boston, Lincolnshire
Botesdale
Iken, Suffolk
hasPlaceNamedAfter Boston, Lincolnshire
Boston, Massachusetts
St Botolph’s Aldgate, London
St Botolph’s Bishopsgate, London
St Botolph’s Church, Boston
linked to: St Botolph's Church

St Botolph’s without Aldersgate, London
hasVariantName Botolphus
linked to: Botulph

Botulph
Botulphus
linked to: Botulph

Botwulf
honouredIn England
influenced place name Boston (from Botolph’s town)
languageOfName Old English
notableFor founding a monastery at Iken in East Anglia
patronage of travellers and wayfarers
occupation abbot
patronage farmers
travellers
various English towns
wayfarers
placeOfBirth Anglo-Saxon England
placeOfDeath Anglo-Saxon England
positionHeld abbot
religion Christianity
sexOrGender male
title Saint
typeOfSaint monastic saint
veneratedIn Anglican Communion
Eastern Orthodox Church
Roman Catholic Church
linked to: Roman Catholicism

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Botolph hasVariant Botulf
Botulph hasVariantName Botulf