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Cuthbert of Lindisfarne [a] (c. 634 – 20 March 687) was a saint of the early Northumbrian church in the Celtic tradition.He was a monk, bishop and hermit, associated with the monasteries of Melrose and Lindisfarne in the Kingdom of Northumbria, [b] today in northern England and southern Scotland.
Statue of St Cuthbert at prayer. Northumbria's patron saint, Cuthbert, was a monk and later abbot of the monastery. St Cuthbert has been described as “possibly the most venerated saint in England”. [37] Cuthbert's miracles and life are recorded by Bede. Cuthbert was Bishop of Lindisfarne from 684 through 686, shortly before his death.
Northumbria died 664 Founder of Melrose, abbot who was the teacher of Cuthbert. 7 July [12] Hilda of Whitby: Deira, Northumbria 614—680 Founder of Whitby, abbess and part of the Deiran royal family. 17 November [13] Æbbe the Elder: Northumbria 615—683 Founder of Ebchester and St Abb's Head, abbess and Bernician princess. 25 August [14 ...
The Vita Sancti Cuthberti (English: "Life of Saint Cuthbert") is a prose hagiography from early medieval Northumbria.It is probably the earliest extant saint's life from Anglo-Saxon England and is an account of the life and miracles of Cuthbert (died 687), a Bernician hermit-monk who became bishop of Lindisfarne.
A settlement at Durham was founded in 995 by monks from Lindisfarne and the remains of Cuthbert, patron saint of Northumbria, were moved to this new site. [3] [4] A small stone church had been built on a wooded hill overlooking a u-shaped bend in the river.
This category is for saints associated with the kingdom of Northumbria during the 7th—10th centuries. The area today synonymous with northern England, Scottish Borders and the Lothian. Including those born there, arriving to work as missionaries or those of Northumbrian origins working further afield.
Lindisfarne was among the main religious sites of the kingdom of Northumbria in the early eighth century, the resting place of Saints Aidan and Cuthbert. [3] He is venerated as a Saint in the Roman Catholic Church , and in the Eastern Orthodox Church , as also in the Anglican Communion .
Trumwine (Latin: Trumuinus) [1] was the only ever Bishop of the Northumbrian see of the Picts, based at Abercorn.. Trumwine was a contemporary and friend of St. Cuthbert. [2] In 681, during the reign of King Ecgfrith of Northumbria, Trumwine was appointed "Bishop of the Picts" by Theodore of Tarsus, then Archbishop of Canterbury ("Bishop of those Picts who were then subject to English rule", i ...