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Jocelyn of Furness

Born: fl. 1175–1214

Cistercian monk of Furness Abbey in Lancashire who wrote lives of Saint Patrick, Saint Kentigern, Saint Waltheof and Saint Helena; his Life of Patrick (c. 1185) gathered the legends that shaped the medieval cult of Ireland's apostle.

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No likeness of Jocelyn of Furness survives; shown: Furness Abbey, where he was a monk (Fox Talbot photoglyphic engraving, c. 1853–58)

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The Life and Acts of Saint Patrickc. 1185

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The Life and Acts of Saint Patrick

The Cistercian monk Jocelyn of Furness's late twelfth-century life of Patrick in 196 short chapters, gathering the legends of his birth, captivity, training, mission to Ireland, miracles, conversions of kings and death, written for Bishop Malachy of Down and long the best-known medieval life of the saint.

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