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Saint Ceolfrid or
Ceolfrith (c.
640 to
717) was an
Anglo-Saxon abbot and
saint.
He was leader of the monastic community at
Wearmouth and
Jarrow after
Benedict Biscop, and mentor to
Bede. Ceolfrid, according to Bede, accompanied Benedict on at least one of his journeys to
Rome. Sharing his master's love of books, Ceolfrid continued to develop the
library at Wearmouth, which amounted to 300 volumes—the largest in Anglo-Saxon England.
He took over the leadership of the community in
686. His greatest project was the compilation of three single-volume editions of the Bible, of which the only surviving copy is the
Codex Amiatinus. Although very aged, he undertook to carry one copy to the
Pope in Rome personally. After a long sea voyage Ceolfrid landed in
Germany, but war detained him in the monastery of
Langres in
Burgundy, where he died.
Ceolfrid was succeeded as Abbot by
Hwaetberht.
References and further reading
- Anon., The Anonymous History of Abbot Ceolfrith in Webb and Farmer (eds &trs), The Age of Bede. London: Penguin, 1998. ISBN 0-140-44727-X
- Bede, Lives of the Abbots of Wearmouth and Jarrow in Webb and Farmer (eds &trs), op. cit.
- St. Ceolfrid
- Catholic Encyclopedia article
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