Æthelwold of Lindisfarne (died 740) (also spelled Aethelwald, Ethelwold, etc.) was
Bishop
A bishop is an ordained member of the clergy who is entrusted with a position of Episcopal polity, authority and oversight in a religious institution. In Christianity, bishops are normally responsible for the governance and administration of di ...
of
Lindisfarne
Lindisfarne, also known as Holy Island, is a tidal island off the northeast coast of England, which constitutes the civil parishes in England, civil parish of Holy Island in Northumberland. Holy Island has a recorded history from the 6th centu ...
from 721 until 740.
[Fryde, et al. ''Handbook of British Chronology'' p. 219]
Æthelwold contributed to the production of the
Lindisfarne Gospels
The Lindisfarne Gospels (London, British Library Cotton MS Nero D.IV) is an illuminated manuscript gospel book probably produced around the years 715–720 in the monastery at Lindisfarne, off the coast of Northumberland, which is now in the Bri ...
: he took the raw manuscripts that his predecessor
Eadfrith had prepared and had
Billfrith bind them so that they could be read easily.
Patron Saints Index
accessed on August 29, 2007 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
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. He is often mistaken with his near contemporary, Æthelwold of Farne.
Citations
References
Patron Saints Index
accessed on August 29, 2007
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External links
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Catholic Online Saints and Angels
740 deaths
Northumbrian saints
Bishops of Lindisfarne
8th-century English bishops
8th-century Christian saints
Year of birth unknown
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