Æthelwold of Lindisfarne
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Appointed | 721 |
Term ended | 740 |
Predecessor | Eadfrith |
Successor | Cynewulf |
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Died | 740 |
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Feast day | February 12 |
Æthelwold of Lindisfarne (died 740) (also spelled Aethelwald, Ethelwold, etc.) was BishopofLindisfarne from 721 until 740.[1]
Æthelwold contributed to the production of the Lindisfarne Gospels: he took the raw manuscripts that his predecessor Eadfrith had prepared and had Billfrith bind them so that they could be read easily.[2] Æthelwold was one of the disciples and assistants of St. Cuthbert. He is the last Bishop of Lindisfarne to have been revered as a saint. He is often mistaken with his near contemporary, Æthelwold of Farne.
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Preceded by | Bishop of Lindisfarne 721–740 |
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