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Cedd (; 620 – 26 October 664) was an Anglo-Saxon monk and bishop from the Kingdom of Northumbria. He was an evangelist of the Middle Angles and East Saxons in England and a significant participant in the Synod of Whitby, a meeting which resolved important differences within the Church in England. He is venerated in Anglicanism, the Roman Catholic Church and the Orthodox Church.

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Christian leader.name
Cedd
Christian leader.title
Bishop of London
Christian leader.image
Saint cedd.jpg
Christian leader.imagesize
200px
Christian leader.caption
Modern icon image of Cedd
Christian leader.enthroned
654
Christian leader.ended
664
Christian leader.predecessor
Mellitus
Christian leader.successor
Wine
Christian leader.birth_date
c. 620
Christian leader.birth_place
Kingdom of Northumbria
Christian leader.death_place
Lastingham
Christian leader.feast_day
26 October, 7 January (Orthodox Church)
Christian leader.venerated
Anglicanism; Roman Catholic Church; Eastern Orthodox Church;
Christian leader.saint_title
Evangelist of the Middle Angles and East Saxons
Christian leader.attributes
Bishop holding a model of the church at Bradwell-on-Sea
Christian leader.patronage
Essex; Lastingham; interpreters
Christian leader.shrine
St Mary's Church, Lastingham. Shrine destroyed in Danish period but corresponding to the crypt of the present parish church.

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St Alban and St Cedd.jpg
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date of death
0664-10-26
date of birth
0620-00-00
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  • Background
  • Mission to Mercia
  • Bishop of the East Saxons
  • Monastic foundations
  • Final years
  • Commemorations
  • Citations
  • References
  • Background Reading
  • External links

Cedd (; 620 – 26 October 664) was an Anglo-Saxon monk and bishop from the Kingdom of Northumbria. He was an evangelist of the Middle Angles and East Saxons in England and a significant participant in the Synod of Whitby, a meeting which resolved important differences within the Church in England. He is venerated in Anglicanism, the Roman Catholic Church and the Orthodox Church.

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