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Two 17th century visual reworkings of St. Colmcille or Columba of Iona whose feast it is #otd on 9 June, d. 597. Both turn him into a #Benedictine. (JMcC/BM)
Autumn Buttercup [Ranunculus bullatus] with a holly blue butterfly, Book of Flower Studies
c. 1510–1515
Master of Claude de France (Met Museum)
Flowering Prickly Pear Cactus, Herman Saftleven, 1683
(Rijksmuseum)
7 June, feast of St Willibald of #Wessex who died c.787 as bishop of Eichstätt in Bavaria after many travels (Rensi/BM)
7 June 1660: Arrest of Hugh Peter, Independent leader & preacher during the Commonwealth, ordered #otd (BM)
7 June 1670: Charles, first son of Nell Gwyn & Charles II baptized #otd (BM)
7 June 1697: John Aubrey important #antiquarian buried at St Mary Magdalene #Oxford #otd
Dandelion [Taraxacum officinale] with a caterpillar, Book of Flower Studies
c. 1510–1515
Master of Claude de France (Met Museum)
6 June 1134: d. St Norbert, founder of the Premonstratensians & an advocate of clerical celibacy #otd (BM)