618 KB51 KB197820252020Divjak, Alenkaštevilka:3letnik:43str. 79-97ISSN:0351-1189DOI:10.3986/pkn.v43.i3.05COBISSID:38169091URN:URN:NBN:SI:doc-1D73YIDCslSlovensko društvo za primerjalno književnostPrimerjalna književnost7.st.cerkvena zgodovinakrščanstvoNorthumbrijaredovništvosv. Aebbe iz Coldinghamasv. Oswald iz NorthumbrijesvetnikiKralj mučenik in sproščena opatinja| dva netipična svetnika iz istega družinskega gnezda|This article juxtaposes the activities of two saints, brother and sister, St Oswald (634-642) and St Aebbe (ca. 615-683), members of the royal family of Northumbria, and discusses their rather unconventional paths to sanctity. Oswald's efficiency and competent kingship were instrumental in reconverting Northumbria to Christianity, laying thus the foundations for the intellectual and spiritual growth of Christianity in Northumbria. Nevertheless, the Church of Northumbria was initially reluctant to raise Oswald to sanctity, and this reluctance ran against the wishes of Oswald's family and the majority of the population. Aebbe, on the other hand, was fully absorbed in the monastic sphere as an abbess and foundress of the monastic community at Coldingham (today's southern Scotland). However, if Oswald's achievements were fully recognized soon after his demise, Abbe's leadership of her monastic community seems to have been controversial. Oswald's cult began to be promoted soon after his death, Aebbe, by contrast, was never regarded as a saint in the Anglo-Saxon period. Her cult began to emerge only in the twelfth century when the recently established monastery in Coldingham needed a saintly predecessor and unlike her brother's cult, it never held an international appeal. Nevertheless, she was a respected local saint, notable for her numer-ous curative miracles, and her rise from oblivion remains a telling example of ecclesiastical spin in the field of the veneration of saintsČlanek primerja dva svetnika, člana kraljevske družine v anglosaškem kraljestvu Northumbriji, brata in sestro, sv. Oswalda, kralja mučenca, in sv. Aebbe, opatinjo. Članek razpravlja tudi o začetnih zadržkih Cerkve v Northumbriji glede vzpostavitve kulta sv. Oswalda (634-642), za kar si je prizadevala Oswaldova družina ob podpori prebivalstva. V nasprotju z Oswaldom, ki je bil kljub globoki vernosti izrazito vpet v posvetno življenje, je bila njegova (pol)sestra Aebbe (ok. 615-683) dejavna kot opatinja in ustanoviteljica samostanske skupnosti v Coldinghamu (današnja južna Škotska). Zavzemanje za Oswaldov kult se je začelo že v prvih letih po njegovi smrti, medtem ko se je Aebbin kult začel uveljavljati šele v dvanajstem stoletju, toda drugače kot sv. Oswald Aebbe ni nikoli dosegla mednarodne prepoznavnosti, vseeno pa je bila zelo cenjena krajevna svetnica zaradi ozdravitvenih čudeževTEXTznanstveno časopisjejournalsSlovenian National E-content AggregatorNational and University Library of SloveniaSlovensko društvo za primerjalno književnost