Eata from Hexham
Eata of Hexham (also Eata of Lindisfarne or Saint Eata ; † October 26, 686 ) was abbot of Melrose (651-664), abbot of Lindisfarne (664-678), from 678 to 685 bishop of Lindisfarne and from 685 to his Death of the Bishop of Hexham . He is venerated as a saint .
Life
Eata was one of the first 12 Anglo-Saxon boys in the Lindisfarne monastery, founded by Aidan in 635 , who received their education and training there.
Cuthbert entered the Benedictine monastery of Melrose in 651 when Eata was abbot there.
Around 658, King Ealhfrith of Deira founded a monastery in Ripon , Eata and Cuthbert, the first prior , were among the first monks to settle there. In 661 King Ealhfrith gave the Ripon Monastery to Wilfrid , who was abbot there until 665. Wilfrid immediately introduced the Roman liturgy and the Regula Benedicti . As he thereby also displaced the Celtic customs, the Irish monks avoided the reformer. Eata and Cuthbert had to return to Melrose with the other followers of the Iro-Scottish rite. It was only after the Synod of Whitby in 664 that Eata also accepted the Catholic rite .
Eata was named abbot of Lindisfarne by the monks in 664 after Colman left the monastery. Soon afterwards he also became Bishop of Lindisfarne. In the same year he brought Cuthbert from Melrose Monastery to Lindisfarne as provost and teacher.
After the deposition of Wilfrid in 678, his diocese was divided by Archbishop Theodore of Canterbury : Bosa was ordained Bishop of Deira with seat in York and Eata as Bishop of Bernicia with seats in Hagustald ( Hexham ) and Lindisfarne.
In 681 Eata's bishopric was divided and Trumbert became bishop of Hexham, while Eata remained in office in Lindisfarne.
Cuthbert succeeded the deposed Bishop Trumbert in Hexham in 684, but he preferred Lindisfarne. So Cuthbert and Eata exchanged dioceses in 685 and Eata became bishop of Hexham for the second time.
After his death on October 26, 686, he was buried next to the Benedictine Abbey of Hexham. A chapel was later built over his grave. In the 11th century his body was reburied in the church.
The church of Atcham (Salop) is dedicated to St. Eata. His feast day in the liturgy is October 26th.
swell
- Beda Venerabilis , Historia ecclesiastica gentis Anglorum
- Symeon of Durham , History of the Church of Durham
- anonymous, Anglo-Saxon Chronicle
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.
- Beda Venerabilis, Historia ecclesiastica gentis Anglorum III (English) at Fordham University, NY
- Beda Venerabilis, Historia ecclesiastica gentis Anglorum IV (English) at Fordham University, NY
- The Anglo-Saxon Chronicle in Project Gutenberg (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b Historia Ecclesiastica Gentis Anglorum , Book 3, chap. XXVI
- ↑ a b c d e History of the Church of Durham
- ↑ a b Historia Ecclesiastica Gentis Anglorum. Book 4, chap. XII
- ↑ Anglo-Saxon Chronicle
- ↑ Historia Ecclesiastica Gentis Anglorum. Book 4, chap. XXVIII
| predecessor | Office | successor |
|---|---|---|
| St. Tuda |
Bishop of Lindisfarne 678–685 |
Cuthbert |
| New diocese created |
Bishop of Hexham 678–681 |
Trumbert |
| Cuthbert |
Bishop of Hexham 685–686 |
John of Beverley |
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Eata from Hexham |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Eata; Eata by Lindisfarne; Saint Eata |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Bishop of Lindisfarne, Bishop of Hexham, saint |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 7th century |
| DATE OF DEATH | October 26, 686 |
| Place of death | Hexham |