The Concise Oxford Dictionary of World Religions (988 page)

 
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(Arab.). The ‘emigration’ of
Mu
ammad
from
Mecca
to
Mad
na
in July 622 CE. Those who accompanied him on this move, or who joined him shortly after, were known as
emigrants
(
muh
jir
n
). The hijra marks a stage in Mu
ammad's own development, from a persecuted preacher to the leader of a socio-religious community with political and military power.
The Muslim calendar dates its years (H =
hijr
ya
; AH = After the Hijra, or
Anno Hegirae
in W. usage) from the beginning of the lunar year in which the hijra took place.

 
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(614–80).
Abbess and founder of a Christian community at Whitby, to which both women and men belonged. She became a nun in 647, and in 649 she became abbess of a convent at Hartlepool. After she founded the community at Whitby, she remained there for the rest of her life. An Anglican community of nuns (Community of the Holy Paraclete) continues at Whitby at the present day. Feast day, 17 Nov.

 
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Hildebrand
(Christian pope)
:

see
GREGORY VII
.

 
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