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- Bega is a medieval Irish saint of Northumbria, venerated primarily in the town of St Bees.
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Bega is a medieval Irish saint of Northumbria, venerated primarily in the town of St Bees. According to her Life, she was an Irish princess who fled to Northumbria to escape an arranged marriage to a Viking prince. She became an anchoress and was renowned for her piety.
Facts. Begga was the daughter of Pepin of Landen, mayor of the palace, and St. Itta. She married Ansegilius, son of St. Arnulf of Metz, and their son was Pepin of Herstal, founder of the Carolingian dynasty of rulers in France.
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Jul 26, 2021 · A legendary Irish saint who may have been many women... or a bracelet. The ‘Life of St Bega’ is a literary work that apparently describes the life and miracles of a seventh-century female saint named Bega. It was written by an anonymous monk in around 1200 at the priory of St Bees, Cumbria.
Having crossed the Irish Sea and survived shipwreck, she was thrown ashore in the area to the south of the present-day Cumbrian town of Whitehaven in Copeland (in the north-west of England). Seeing in this a sign from God, Bega settled there in solitude and for many years lived as an anchoress.
New Catholic Encyclopedia. BEGGA, ST. Widow, patron of beguines; d. Andenne, Dec. 17,693. She was the daughter of Pepin of Landen and St. iduberga, and the older sister of St. Gertrude of Nivelles. Begga married the nobleman Ansegis and was the mother of pepin the short.
