SaintSecgan II.27 Huna of Thorney was a seventh century priest and hermit.J. Fairweather Liber Eliensis: a history of the Isle of Ely from the seventh century to the twelfth (Woodbridge 2005) I.15; I.18–23 His influence in the Northumbrian and Anglian courts make him an important figure in the Christianisation of Anglo-Saxon England.
Huna was a chaplain for ÆthelthrythAnon.LiberEliensis I.22 (679). the daughter of Anna of East Anglia, Queen of Ecgfrith, king of the Northumbrians and the Abbess of Ely and he gave Æthelthryth advice pertaining to salvation and talked to her about the teachings and deeds of the saints.Anon.LiberEliensis I.15 St Huna also conducted her funeral.Liber Eliensis Janet Fairweather (trans) (Boydell Press, 2005) I.22 (679).
After her death, Huna left Ely to become a hermit on an island in the Cambridgeshire Fens. His residence on the island was called HuneiaWilliam Watson (F.A.S.), An historical account of the ancient town and port of Wisbech, in the Isle of Ely, in the county of Cambridge: and of the circumjacent towns and villages, the drainage of the great level of the Fens, the origin of the royal franchise of the Isle of Ely ( H. and J. Leach, 1827) page 575. and later known as Honey Hill, or Honey Farm, which is located just outside the town of Chatteris. Huna was considered a holy man and his grave on the small island was known for producing healing miracles. St Huna, Priest of Ely – Michelle Ziegler Later Huna's relics were translated from Chatteris to Thorney,Anon.LiberEliensis I.22 at the time more a collection of hermit cells than a monastic institution.Magna Britannia;: Being a Concise Topographical Account of the Several Counties of Great Britain, Volume 2, Part 1 (Google eBook) Samuel Lysons (T. Cadell and W. Davies, 1808) page 266.
Huna's feast day is 13 February. Huna in The Oxford Dictionary of Saints.
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