Saint Sigfrid of Wearmouth

Memorial

• 22 August

Profile

Benedictine monk. Spiritual student of Saint Benedict Biscop, and brother monk to Saint Esterwine of Wearmouth and Saint Ceolfrid. Biblical scholar. Co-adjutor abbot of Jarrow Abbey. Abbot in Wearmouth, England in 686.

Died

• 22 August 688 of natural causes related to respiratory illness
• buried in the church of Saint Peter at Jarrow Abbey

Canonized

• Pre-Congregation

Additional Information

• Book of Saints, by the Monks of Ramsgate
• Katherine Rabenstein
• Our Sunday Visitor’s Encyclopedia of Saints

MLA Citation

• “Saint Sigfrid of Wearmouth”. Saints.SQPN.com. 24 June 2012. Web. 26 May 2013. <http://saints.sqpn.com/saint-sigfrid-of-wearmouth/>