Ceolfrith

Anglo-Saxon abbot and saint

642 CE to 716 CE

Saint Ceolfrid (or Ceolfrith) (c. 642 – 716) is an Anglo-Saxon Christian abbot and saint.

He is best known as the warden of Bede from the age of seven until his death in 716.

He is the Abbot of Monkwearmouth-Jarrow Abbey, and a major contributor to the project Codex Amiatinus.

He dies in Burgundy while en route to deliver a copy of the codex to Pope Gregory II in Rome.

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