Saint Ethelwald of Farne
- Also known as
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Ethelwald the Hermit
Oidilwald the Hermit
- Memorial
- 23 March
- Profile
- 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 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
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For All The Saints, by Katherine Rabenstein
Book of Saints, by the Monks of Ramsgate
Our Sunday Visitor's Encyclopedia of Saints, by Matthew Bunson, Margaret Bunson, and Stephen Bunson
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