Philip of Oxford

Philip of Oxford (died after 1191) was an Augustinian canon and head of the Priory of St Frideswide, Oxford.

Philip is the author of a collection of miracles attributed to Frithuswith, On the Miracles of St Frideswide (De miraculis sancte Frideswide). In the work, he names himself as prior on the day of the translation of her relics, 12 February 1180.^[1]

References

1. ↑ Philip of Oxford, De miraculis sancte Frideswide 1, Oxford, Bodleian Library, Digby 177, fols 1v–2r: partially quoted by Blair 1987, p. 118.

Bibliography

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