Herman the Arch­deacon (before 1040 – c. 1097) was a member of the household of Herfast, Bishop of East Anglia, in the 1070s and 1080s, and then a monk of Bury St Edmunds Abbey in Suffolk. He was probably born in Germany. Around 1070 he entered Herfast's household and assisted him in his unsuccessful campaign to move his bishopric to Bury St Edmunds Abbey. He remained with the bishop until the latter's death in 1084 and had moved to the abbey as a monk by 1092. Herman was a colourful character and a theatrical preacher, but he is chiefly known as an able scholar who wrote the Miracles of St Edmund (excerpt shown), a hagiographical account of miracles believed to have been posthumously performed by Edmund, King of East Anglia. Herman's account also covered the history of the eponymous abbey. Two revised versions of his Miracles were later written: a shortened anonymous work which cut out the historical information, and another by Goscelin, which was hostile to Herman.

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_______________________________ Today's selected anniversaries:

1916:

First World War: The British Empire's Sinai and Palestine campaign began with a victory at the Battle of Romani. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Romani

1949:

An earthquake registering 6.4 Ms struck near Ambato, Ecuador, killing 5,050 people. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1949_Ambato_earthquake

1962:

American actress and model Marilyn Monroe was found dead of a barbiturate overdose in her home in Brentwood, Los Angeles. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Death_of_Marilyn_Monroe

2012:

An American white supremacist carried out a mass shooting at a Sikh temple in Oak Creek, Wisconsin, killing six people and wounding four others. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wisconsin_Sikh_temple_shooting

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messuage: (chiefly law) Originally, a plot of land as the site for a dwelling house and its appurtenant interests; now, a dwelling house or residential building together with its outbuildings and assigned land. https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/messuage

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