Name
Samson, Old Testament judge of the Israelites
Saint ID
S02496
Gender
Male
Type of Saint
Old Testament saints, Miracle-workers in lifetime
| ID | Title | E06658 | Aldhelm, in his prose On Virginity, concludes his list of exemplary virgins with the ultimately non-virginal Old Testament figures *Joseph (patriarch, S00277), *David (king of Israel, S00269), *Samson (judge of the Israelites, S02496), *Abel (second son of Adam, S02497), *Melchizedek (king and priest of Salem, S01783), and *Judith (S02498). Written in Latin in southern Britain, for the nuns at the monastery at Barking (south-east Britain), c. 675/686. |
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