Eadfrith of Lindisfarne

Eadfrith von Lindisfarne (also Edfrid ; † 721 ) was an Anglo-Saxon saint and from 698 until his death Bishop of Lindisfarne .

Life

Incipit of the Gospel of Matthew from the Lindisfarne Gospels

Nothing is known about Eadfrith's early years.

After he was ordained bishop in 698, Eadfrith supported the cult of Cuthbert and had a hagiography created by an anonymous author between 699 and 705 . Around 720 he caused Beda Venerabilis to revise the book on The Life of the Holy Father Cuthbert and to write a lyric and a prose version.

An afterword in the Lindisfarne Gospels from the 10th century shows that Eadfrith wrote the work as a scribe and illustrator "with his own hand". According to some historians, the elaborate work was created before his term of office as bishop, while other historians see it as a commissioned work by Eadfrith. Still others consider his participation in the work as an unreliable tradition.

Eadfrith had Cuthbert's dilapidated hermitage rebuilt on the Farne Islands , which at that time was inhabited by the hermit Felgild.

Eadfrith died in 721. His feast day is June 4th.

In 875, Bishop Eardulf left the monastery on Holy Island with the monks for fear of Viking raids . They took the remains of Saints Cuthbert, Eadberht , Eadfrith and Æthelwald with them to Durham . In 998 the monks consecrated a stone church as the resting place of the saints.

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Beda Venerabilis , The Life of the Holy Father Cuthbert
Symeon of Durham , History of the Church of Durham

Web links

Symeon von Durham , Translator: J. Stevenson: The Historical Works of Simeon of Durham . In: Church Historians of England, volume III, part II . Seeley's. 1855. Retrieved October 3, 2009.

Individual evidence

↑ ^a ^b ^c History of the Church of Durham, chap. XI
↑ Beda Venerabilis , Historia ecclesiastica gentis Anglorum , Book V, chap. XXIV
↑ Arguments for Eadfrith's authorship: Thacker, "Eadfrith"; Blair, Introduction to Anglo-Saxon England , pp. 316-317; Blair, World of Bede , p. 230. Other points of view: Brown, "Lindisfarne Gospels"; Alcock, Kings and warriors , pp. 304-305 & 308.

predecessor	Office	successor
St. Eadberht	Bishop of Lindisfarne 698–721	St. Æthelwald

personal data
SURNAME	Eadfrith of Lindisfarne
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Edfrid
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Northumbrian monk and Bishop of Lindisfarne
DATE OF BIRTH	7th century
DATE OF DEATH	721

[sym-1] History of the Church of Durham, chap. XI

[2] Beda Venerabilis , Historia ecclesiastica gentis Anglorum , Book V, chap. XXIV

[3] Arguments for Eadfrith's authorship: Thacker, "Eadfrith"; Blair, Introduction to Anglo-Saxon England , pp. 316-317; Blair, World of Bede , p. 230. Other points of view: Brown, "Lindisfarne Gospels"; Alcock, Kings and warriors , pp. 304-305 & 308.