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Date unknown. There is a chapel, font, well, and substantial portions of Bettelin's shrine at Ilam in Stafford, but little remains of his memory. He may have been an Anglo-Saxon hermit, who lived, died, and was venerated in that area. Legend adds some rather improbable details borrowed from the legend of Saint Bertelme of Fecamp: he was a Mercian prince who fell in love with an Irish princess, brought her back to England, and left her in the forest in labour. When he returned with a midwife, a pack of wolves was devouring her. As a result, he became a hermit for the rest of his life (Farmer).


Service to our Holy Father Father Bertram, Wonderworker of Ilam and Stafford
http://www.orthodoxengland.btinternet.co.uk/servbert.htm


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