is said to have been once dedicated to Acca. Acca was buried at Hexham near the east wall of the abbey. Two finely carved crosses, fragments of one of which still remain, were erected at the head and foot of his grave. He was revered as a saint immediately after his death. His body was translated at least three times: in the early 11th century, by Alfred of Westow, sacrist of Durham; in 1154, at the restoration of the church, when the relics of all the Hexham saints were put together in a single shrine; and again in 1240. His feast day is 20 October. The translation of his relics is commemorated on 19 February. The only surviving writing of Acca's is a letter addressed to Bede and printed in his works (see also Raine below). Citations References Raine, J., Priory of Hexham (Surtees Society, London 1864), containing the text of Acca's letter to Bede and other relevant material on his life Stanton, Richard, A Menology of England and Wales (London, 1892), 507 Simeon of Durham, and Ælred's On the Saints of Hexham, both in the Rolls Series Eddius, Life of Wilfrid (ed Raine, J.,Historians of the Church of York, London 1879–94; ed Levison, W., in Mon. Germ. Hist., Scriptores Rerum Merovingicarum, vol. 6 (1913); or ed B. Colgrave, Cambridge 1927) Bede, Ecclesiastical History of the English People (many editions) Hunter Blair, P., The World of Bede (1970) Kirby, D. P. (ed), St Wilfrid at Hexham (1974) External links Hexham Abbey webpage Catholic Online entry for St Acca 660 births 740s deaths Northumbrian saints Bishops of Hexham History of Northumberland English abbots 8th-century English bishops 8th-century Christian saints Burials at Hexham Abbey 8th-century Latin writers 8th-century English writers Latin letter writers