SAINT
saint-cissa-of-crowland
A saint of the Catholic Church
biography
Cissa of Crowland was a saint in the medieval Fenlands. He was the successor of Guthlac as abbot of Crowland, and is mentioned in Felix' Vita Guthlaci. According to the Crowland Chronicle his tomb was next to Guthlac's, and like the tomb of Guthlac, was destroyed by the Scandinavians. His relics were translated to Thorney Abbey in the 10th-century.
feast Day
09-23
canonization Status
canonized
feast Month
9
feast Day Of Month
23

