Cuthbert
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Cuthbert () ( – 20 March 687) was a saint of the early Northumbrian church in the Celtic tradition. He was a monk, bishop and hermit, associated with the monasteries of Melrose and Lindisfarne in the Kingdom of Northumbria, today in north-eastern England and south-eastern Scotland. Both during his life and after his death, he became a popular medieval saint of Northern England, with a cult centred on his tomb at Durham Cathedral. Cuthbert is regarded as the patron saint of Northumbria. His feast days are 20 March (Catholic Church, Church of England, Eastern Orthodox Church, Episcopal Church) a
Key facts
- Saint.honorific_prefix
- Saint
- Saint.name
- Cuthbert
- Saint.death_date
- 20 March 687
- Saint.birth_place
- Dunbar, Northumbria (now in Scotland)
- Saint.death_place
- Inner Farne, Kingdom of Northumbria (now in Scotland)
- Saint.feast_day
- 20 March, Catholic Church, Episcopal Church; 4 September (Catholic Ordinariates)
- Saint.venerated_in
- Catholic ChurchAnglicanismEastern Orthodox ChurchChurch of Scotland
- Saint.image
- Cuthbert discovers piece of timber - Life of St. Cuthbert (late 12th C), f.45v - BL Yates Thompson MS 26.jpg
- Saint.caption
- Cuthbert discovers a piece of timber, from a 12th-century manuscript of Bede's Life of St Cuthbert
- Saint.titles
- Bishop
- Saint.attributes
- Bishop holding a second crowned head in his hands; sometimes accompanied by seabirds and animals
- Saint.patronage
- Kingdom of Northumbria, Diocese of Hexham and Newcastle
- Saint.major_shrine
- Durham Cathedral, England
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Cuthbert
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Kingdom of Northumbria
- Place of birth
- Smailholm
- Place of death
- Farne Islands
- Occupation
- Catholic bishop
- Languages spoken
- Latin
- Religion
- Catholic Church
- Field of work
- hermit
- Image
- Durham St Cuthbert.jpg
- Work location
- England
- Religious order
- Benedictines
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- Commons category
- Cuthbert of Lindisfarne
- date of death
- 0687-03-20
- canonization status
- thaumaturge
- date of birth
- 0635-00-00
- described by source
- Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition
- name in native language
- Cuthbert
- feast day
- March 20
- has works in the collection
- Victoria and Albert Museum
- place of burial
- Durham Cathedral
- writing language
- Latin
- consecrator
- Theodore of Tarsus
- subject has role
- bishop
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