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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.
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 ...
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.
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.
Bodley 596 itself is a compilation bound together in the early 17th century, but folios 174 to 214 are from the late 11th or early 12th century, containing Bede's prose Life of St Cuthbert (175r–200v), his metrical Life of St Cuthbert (201r–202v), this Historia and finally a Life and Office of St Julian of Le Mans (206v–214v). [4]
While the religious Community of St. Cuthbert "wandered" for a hundred years after Halfdan Ragnarsson attacked their original home of Lindisfarne in 875, The History of St. Cuthbert indicates that they settled temporarily at Chester-le-Street between the years 875–883 on land granted to them by the Viking King of York, Guthred.
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.
Raine, James (1828), Saint Cuthbert: With an Account of the State in which His Remains Were Found Upon the Opening of his tomb in Durham in the year 1827, G. Andrews; Tate, George (1865), The ancient British sculptured rocks of Northumberland and the eastern borders: with notices of the remains associated with these sculptures, H.H. Blair