Saint Bega
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| Gender | Male |
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| Born | Ireland |
| Died | Kingdom Of Northumbria |
| Major works | Lament in Old Age, Mother of Wine, Kalila va Dimna |
| Feast | 31 October |
| Venerated in | St Bees Priory |
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| ID | 1728279 |
Saint Bega Life story
Saint Bega was reputedly a saint of the Early Middle Ages; an Irish princess who valued virginity. Promised in marriage to a Viking prince who, according to a medieval manuscript The Life of St Bega, was "son of the king of Norway", Bega "fled across the Irish sea to land at St. Bees on the Cumbrian coast.
