![[Saint Cuthbert of Lindisfarne]](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; please do no write to ask about the image")
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. 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.
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