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July 7: Feast of Boisil († c.661), prior of Mailros (Melrose, Scottish Borders). Bede calls him 'a priest of great virtue, endowed with a spirit of prophecy'. He died of plague. The village of St Boswells is named after him. Cuthbert, whom he mentored, succeeded him as prior.

July 7: Feast of Boisil († c.661), prior of Mailros (Melrose, Scottish Borders). Bede calls him 'a priest of great virtue, endowed with a spirit of prophecy'. He died of plague. The village of St Boswells is named after him. Cuthbert, whom he mentored, succeeded him as prior.