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Æthelwold (bishop of Lindisfarne)

Æthelwold (bishop of Lindisfarne)

8th-century Bishop of Lindisfarne and saint

Æthelwold of Lindisfarne (died 740) (also spelled Aethelwald, Ethelwold, etc.) was Bishop of Lindisfarne from 721 until 740.[1]

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Æthelwold contributed to the production of the Lindisfarne Gospels: he took the raw manuscripts that his predecessor Eadfrith had prepared and had Billfrith bind them so that they could be read easily.[2] Æthelwold was one of the disciples and assistants of St. Cuthbert. He is the last Bishop of Lindisfarne to have been revered as a saint. He is often mistaken with his near contemporary, Æthelwold of Farne.

Citations

  1. [1]
    Fryde, et al. Handbook of British Chronology p. 219
  2. [2]
    Patron Saints Index Archived 30 September 2007 at the Wayback Machine accessed on August 29, 2007

References

  • Patron Saints Index accessed on August 29, 2007
  • Fryde, E. B.; Greenway, D. E.; Porter, S.; Roy, I. (1996). Handbook of British Chronology (Third revised ed.). Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press. ISBN 0-521-56350-X.
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