Death and Canonization
After his death from natural causes the fame of the supposed miracles wrought by his intercession spread rapidly through the land. Archbishop Neville charged his suffragans and others to take evidence with a view to his canonization, 26 July 1386; and the same prelate assisted by the Bishops of Durham and Carlisle Cathedrals officiated at a solemn translation of his body, 11 March 1404, de mandato Domini Papae.
This pope, Boniface IX, shortly afterwards canonized him. The fact has been doubted and disputed; but the original Bull was unearthed in the Vatican archives by Mr. T.A. Twemlow, who was engaged in research work there for the British Government.
At the English Reformation Henry VIII was asked to spare the magnificent shrine of the saint, but in vain; it was destroyed in 1537. The nave of the church, restored in 1857, is all that now remains of Bridlington Priory. The saint's feast is observed by the canons regular on 9 October.
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