Ceolfrith
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Saint Ceolfrid (or Ceolfrith, ; also Geoffrey, c. 642 – 716) was 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 was the Abbot of Monkwearmouth-Jarrow Abbey, and a major contributor to the project to produce the Codex Amiatinus Bible. He died in Burgundy while en route to deliver a copy of the codex to Pope Gregory II in Rome.
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- Eco-aesthetics
- Ceolfrith
- Figurative art - North
- Bob Cobbing and Writers Forum
- Dom Sylvester Houe dard [retrospective exhibition... held at the Laing Art Gallery, July 1972]
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Key facts
- Saint.name
- Saint Ceolfrid
- Saint.birth_date
- 642
- Saint.death_date
- 716
- Saint.feast_day
- 25 September
- Saint.venerated_in
- Catholic Church
- Saint.image
- File:St Pauls Monastery Jarrow.jpg
- Saint.caption
- Remains of St Paul's Monastery, Jarrow, where Ceolfrid was Abbot.
- Saint.death_place
- monastery of Langres in Burgundy
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Kingdom of Northumbria
- Place of birth
- Kingdom of Northumbria
- Place of death
- Langres
- Occupation
- writer
- Position held
- abbot
- Languages spoken
- medieval Latin
- Religious order
- Benedictines
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- date of birth
- 0642-00-00
- date of death
- 0716-09-25
- student
- Bede
- Commons category
- Ceolfridus
- canonization status
- Catholic saint
- feast day
- September 29
- writing language
- Latin
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