Eadberht of Lindisfarne

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name =Eadberht


religion =Catholic
See =Diocese of Lindisfarne
Title = Bishop of Lindisfarne
Period = 688–698
Predecessor = Saint Cuthbert
Successor =Saint Eadfrith
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date of death =May 6 698
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name=Eadberht of Lindisfarne
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death_date=May 6 698
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Eadberht of Lindisfarne (died May 6, 698) also known as Saint Eadberht was Bishop of Lindisfarne, England, from 688 until 698.Powicke "Handbook of British Chronology" p. 238] 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.

Notes

References

* Powicke, F. Maurice and E. B. Fryde "Handbook of British Chronology" 2nd. ed. London:Royal Historical Society 1961

External links

* [http://www.catholic-forum.com/saints/sainte68.htm Patron Saints Index]
* [http://www.catholic.org/saints/saint.php?saint_id=3022 Catholic Online Saints and Angels]
* [http://www.pase.ac.uk/pase/apps/persons/CreatePersonFrames.jsp?personKey=403 Prosopography of Anglo Saxon England entry for Eadberht]

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