Origin of Easter is not rooted in paganism, says monk
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The origin of Easter is not rooted in paganism, contrary to popular belief.
"Part of the reason why people talk about Easter being pagan is because the word Easter is taken from the name of an Anglo-Saxon fertility goddess, whose name is Eostre," said Benedictine Father Bede Price, rector of the Oratory of Sts. Gregory and Augustine in West County.
In his book, "Temporum Ratione," St. Bede says that April is known as Eostur-monath and is named for a goddess that the Anglo-Saxons honored in the Spring.
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