Saint Ethelwald of Farne

Also known as

• Ethelwald the Hermit
• Edelwald….
• Oidilwald….

Memorial

• 23 March

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Priest. Benedictine monk at the monastery of Ripon, England. Hermit on the island of Inner Farne, England in 687. A miracle worker, his prayers were known to stop storms that threatened visitors to his island.

Died

• spring 699 of natural causes
• interred at Lindisfarne next to Saint Cuthbert of Lindisfarne and Saint Edbert of Lindisfarne
• relics moved from place to place with those of Saint Cuthbert
• relics re-interred in Durham cathedral

Canonized

• Pre-Congregation

Additional Information

• Book of Saints, by the Monks of Ramsgate
• Katherine Rabenstein
• Lives of the Saints, by Father Alban Butler
• Our Sunday Visitor’s Encyclopedia of Saints, by Matthew Bunson, Margaret Bunson, and Stephen Bunson

MLA Citation

• “Saint Ethelwald of Farne“. Saints.SQPN.com. 22 March 2013. Web. 23 May 2013. <>