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St Cuthbert
Sons of St Chad: mischievous memories and green scrambled eggs
March 02, 2023
Chad and Cedd both belong to the procession of missionary saints whose lives and legends are intertwined with the story of Christianity in northern England. Although they ended their days further south – Chad as Bishop of the Mercians and Cedd as Bishop of the East Saxons – they were both educated under Aidan at his monastery on windswept Lindisfarne. A generation after them came Cuthbert, around whose shrine Durham grew.
Relics of St Cuthbert go on display at Durham Cathedral
July 31, 2017
The centrepiece of the permanent exhibition is an oak coffin, made in Lindisfarne in AD 698
An accidental pilgrimage
June 30, 2016
I touched down from America hoping only for a few good dinners. But I found hints everywhere of British Catholicism's surprising vitality
The saint who tried (and failed) to live in obscurity
August 29, 2014
St Cuthbert retired to an island and would only open his window to give blessings
Jesuits sell ancient Gospel to British Library for £9 million
August 04, 2011
The St Cuthbert Gospel is believed to be the oldest intact book produced in Europe
Students follow in the footsteps of St Cuthbert
July 20, 2011
A group of Year 11 students, chaplains and teachers walked from Melrose to Holy Island in the last week of term
The hermit who prayed in the freezing Celtic sea
March 16, 2011
St Cuthbert (March 20) was an examplar of a less triumphal, more inward form of religion than that represented by St Wilfrid, the pope's henchman
Daily readings: August 29 – September 4
August 26, 2010
Scripture readings for the Ordinary and Extraordinary Forms
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