Eadberht of Lindisfarne
Eadberht | |
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Bishop of Lindisfarne | |
Appointed | 688 |
Term ended | 6 May 698 |
Predecessor | Cuthbert |
Successor | Eadfrith |
Personal details | |
Died | 6 May 698 |
Denomination |
Roman Catholic Church Eastern Orthodox Church[1] |
Sainthood | |
Feast day | 6 May |
Eadberht of Lindisfarne (died 6 May 698), also known as Saint Eadberht, was Bishop of Lindisfarne, England, from 688 until 698.[2] He is notable as having founded the holy shrine to his predecessor Saint Cuthbert on the island of Lindisfarne, a place that was to become a centre of great pilgrimage in later years.
It is said that Eadberht favoured poverty and long periods of solitude and devotion as part of his service in the bishopric. When he died he was buried in the same location from which Cuthbert's body had been exhumed earlier the same year.
Citations
- ↑ (Greek) Ὁ Ἅγιος Ἐαντβέρτος ἐκ Σκωτίας. 6 Μαΐου. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.
- ↑ Powicke Handbook of British Chronology p. 238
References
- Powicke, F. Maurice and E. B. Fryde Handbook of British Chronology 2nd. ed. London:Royal Historical Society 1961
External links
- Eadberht 3 at Prosopography of Anglo-Saxon England
- Patron Saints Index
- Catholic Online Saints and Angels
Christian titles | ||
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Preceded by Cuthbert |
Bishop of Lindisfarne 688–698 |
Succeeded by Eadfrith |
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