Bega, Saint, -698?

LC control no.	n 91056734
Descriptive conventions	rda
Personal name heading	Bega, Saint, -698? *Browse this term in* LC Authorities or the LC Catalog
Variant(s)	Bee, of Egremont, Saint, -698? Bee, of Hartlepool, Saint, -698? Bega, Saint, d. 698? Begu, Saint, -698?
Death date	0698?
Special note	"Through the centuries her life became confused with that of Heiu of Hartlepool ... Heiu founded the monastery of Hartlepool ... Both Bee and Heiu must be distinguished from St. Begu, an Anglo-Saxon nun who died Oct. 31, 681 and whose feast is Sept. 6 or Oct. 10."--New Catholic Encyclopedia.
Found in	Notes on the history of S. Begu & S. Hild, [1858?]: t.p. (S. Begu) New Cath. ency. (Bega (Bee), St., Irish saint, 6th-7th cent., feast day Sept. 6 or Oct. 31) Dict. of Catholic biog. (Bega, St., d. 698?, feast day Sept. 6) Attwater, Dict. of saints (Bega, St., virgin, or Bee, feast day Sept. 6 in diocese of Lancaster) Dunbar, Dict. of saintly women (St. Bega, feast Oct. 31, Sept. 6, virgin, 7th century; commonly called St. Bee of Egremont)
Not found in	Enclyclopedia Britannica