One day, St. Edith sent Osgyth, to deliver a book to St. Modwenna of Northumbria at her nunnery.
To get there, reach Osgyth had to cross a stream by a bridge.
The stream swollen, the wind high, she fell into the water and drowned.
Her absence was not noted for two days.
Edith thought she was safe with Modwenna who was not expecting her visit.
On the third day, Edith, wondering that her pupil had not returned, went to Modwenna.
The abbesses were greatly concerned when they discovered Osgyth was apparently lost.
They searched for her and found the child lying near the banks of the stream.
The abbesses prayed for her restoration, and commanded her to arise from the water and come to them.
This she did.
A similar tale is found in Irish hagiography.

Her later death was accounted a martyrdom by some, but Bede makes no mention of Saint Osgyth.
The 13th-century chronicler Matthew Paris repeats some of the legend that had accrued around her name.
The site of her martyrdom became transferred to the holy spring at Quarrendon.
The holy spring at Quarrendon, mentioned in the time of Osgyth's aunts, now became associated with her legend, in which Osgyth stood up after her execution, picking up her head like Saint Denis in Paris, and other cephalophoric martyrs and walking with it in her hands, to the door of a local convent, before collapsing there.
Some modern authors link the legends of cephalophores miraculously walking with their heads in their hands to the Celtic cult of heads.
One day, St. Edith sent Osgyth, to deliver a book to St. Modwenna of Northumbria at her nunnery. To get there, reach Osgyth had to cross a stream by a bridge. The stream swollen, the wind high, she fell into the water and drowned. Her absence was not noted for two days. Edith thought she was safe with Modwenna who was not expecting her visit. On the third day, Edith, wondering that her pupil had not returned, went to Modwenna. The abbesses were greatly concerned when they discovered Osgyth was apparently lost. They searched for her and found the child lying near the banks of the stream. The abbesses prayed for her restoration, and commanded her to arise from the water and come to them. This she did. A similar tale is found in Irish hagiography.
Her later death was accounted a martyrdom by some, but Bede makes no mention of Saint Osgyth. The 13th-century chronicler Matthew Paris repeats some of the legend that had accrued around her name. The site of her martyrdom became transferred to the holy spring at Quarrendon. The holy spring at Quarrendon, mentioned in the time of Osgyth's aunts, now became associated with her legend, in which Osgyth stood up after her execution, picking up her head like Saint Denis in Paris, and other cephalophoric martyrs and walking with it in her hands, to the door of a local convent, before collapsing there. Some modern authors link the legends of cephalophores miraculously walking with their heads in their hands to the Celtic cult of heads.
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