![[Saint Cuthbert of Lindisfarne]](http://saints.sqpn.com/saintc25.jpg "jpg photograph of a stained glass window of Saint Cuthbert of Lindisfarne, Christ Church cathedral, c.1320; artist unknown; depicts the saint in pontificals, holding the head of Saint Oswald; photographed by Brother Lawrence Lew, OP; swiped from his flickr.com site, and used with permission")
Also known as
- Thaumaturgus of England
- Wonder-Worker of England
Profile
Orphaned at an early age. Shepherd. Received a vision of Saint Aidan of Lindesfarne entering heaven; the sight led Cuthbert to become a Benedictine monk at age 17 at the monastery of Melrose, which had been founded by Saint Aidan. Guest-master at Melrose where he was know for his charity to poor travellers; legend says that he once entertained an angel disguised as a beggar. Spiritual student of Saint Boswell. Prior of Melrose in 664.
Due to a dispute over liturgical practice, Cuthbert and other monks abandoned Melrose for Lindisfarne. There he worked with Saint Eata. Prior and then abbot of Lindesfarne until 676. Hermit on the Farnes Islands. Bishop of Hexham, England. Bishop of Lindesfarne in 685. Friend of Saint Ebbe the Elder. Worked with plague victims in 685. Noted (miraculous) healer. Had the gift of prophecy.
Evangelist in his diocese, often to the discomfort of local authorities both secular and ecclesiastical. Presided over his abbey and his diocese during the time when Roman rites were supplanting the Celtic, and all the churches in the British Isles were brought under a single authority.
Born
- 634 somewhere in the British Isles
- 20 March 687 at Lindesfarne, England of natural causes
- interred with the head of Saint Oswald, which was buried with him for safe keeping
- body removed to Durham Cathedral at Lindesfarne in 1104
- his body, and the head of Saint Oswald, were incorrupt
- eagles
- bishop accompanied by swans and otters
- bishop holding the crowned head of Saint Oswald
- hermit with tau staff being fed by an eagle
- incorrupt body being found with a chalice on his breast
- man praying by the sea
- man rebuilding a hut and driving out devils
- man rebuking crows
- man tended by eagles
- man tended by swans
- man tended by sea otters
- man with a Benedictine monk kissing his feet
- man with pillars of light above him
- against plague
- against plague epidemics
- boatmen
- mariners
- sailors
- shepherds
- watermen
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- England
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- Hexham and Newcastle, England, diocese of
- Lancaster, England, diocese of
- —
- Durham, England
- Northumbria, England
Additional Information
- Book of Saints, by the Monks of Ramsgate
- Catholic Encyclopedia, by Edwin Burton
- Catholic Online
- Christ Church stained glass window
- Christian Biographies, by James Keifer
- Dominican Adaptations from the Catalogus Hagiographicus OP
- Golden Legend, by Jacobus de Voragine
- Katherine Rabenstein
- Lives of the Saints, by Father Alban Butler
- New Catholic Dictionary
- Our Island Saints, by Amy Steedman
- Our Sunday Visitor’s Encyclopedia of Saints
- uCatholic
MLA Citation
- “Saint Cuthbert of Lindisfarne“. Saints.SQPN.com. 20 March 2013. Web. 20 May 2013. <>