Person
Ceolfrith
Anglo-Saxon abbot and saint
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.