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• John of Beverley, Saint
• Beverley, John of, Saint

Confessor, Bishop of Hexham, afterwards of York, born Harpham, England; died Beverley, England, 721. He joined the Benedictine Order, lived for some time in the monastery at Whitby, and was consecrated Bishop of Hexham, 687. He founded a monastery at Inderawood (later Beverley), which became an important ecclesiastical center, and there he spent the last years of his life. Canonized, 1037. His relics were preserved in Beverley cathedral. Feast, May 7,.