Eof

Eof (also Eoves) was a swineherd who claimed to have seen a vision of the Virgin Mary at Evesham in England, about 701.[1] Eof related this vision to Egwin, Bishop of Worcester, who founded the great Evesham Abbey on the site of the apparition. Evesham means Eof's ham (homestead).

  1. ^ Public Domain Herbermann, Charles, ed. (1913). "Evesham Abbey". Catholic Encyclopedia. New York: Robert Appleton Company.