Cædmon 1 (Male) Poet
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Notes: *Colgrave and Mynors note that his name is British, so he was possibly of British descent (@Colgrave and Mynors p. 414, n.1).

Factoid List

Recorded Name (1)

Caedmon (1)

 Bede.HE  iv.24

Personal Information (3)

piety (2)

 Bede.HE  iv.24 (specially marked out by the grace of God so that he used to compose godly and religious songs; whatever he learned from the holy Scriptures by means of interpreters, he quickly turned into moving poetry in English.)
 Bede.HE  iv.24 (he served God with a simple and pure mind and with quiet devotion)

stated health (1)

 Bede.HE  iv.24 (he was afflicted by bodily weakness )

Authorship (1)

 Author of a hymn (Poem): Cædmon.OEHymn  pp. 105 (Northumbrian version), 106 (West-Saxon version)

Occupation (3)

Brother (1)

 Bede.HE  iv.24

Monk (1)

 Bede.HE  iv.24

Shepherd (1)

 Bede.HE  iv.24

Status (1)

Layperson (1)

 Bede.HE  iv.24

Event (5)

Assembly (1)

 Cædmon 1.report on his dream: After Cædmon 1 had told his master (Anonymous 258) about his dream, he was taken to Hild 1. He was asked to describe the dream in the presence of a number of more learned men.: Bede.HE  iv.24

Death/dying (1)

 Cædmon 1.death: After asking his attendant to take him to the building where they usually took the people who were about to die, Cædmon 1 and his servant (Anonymous 259) began to talk cheerfully. Then he asked for the viaticum. Then, after having made sure that nobody had any quarrel or grudge against him, fell asleep for a little while and ended his life quietly.: Bede.HE  iv.24

Dreaming/seeing vision/revelation (1)

 Cædmon 1.dream about singing: After having left a feast where people were starting to sing, Cædmon 1 went to the cattle byre and went to sleep. He dreamt that someone was asking him to sing about the beginning of created things.: Bede.HE  iv.24

Invention/authorisation of relics (1)

 Ancient saints.found and elevated at Whitby: Recently at Whitby have been found and elevated the bodies of holy men, Bishop Trumwine 1, King Oswiu 1, and his daughter Ælfflæd 2, who ruled the monastery after Hild 1, together with the monk [Cædmon 1] who, according to Bede 1, received the gift of song from God.: WilliamofMalmesbury.GestaPontificumAnglorum  iii.116.2

Relics-incorrupt preservation/placing in reliquary/requesting/translating (1)

 Ancient saints.found and elevated at Whitby: Recently at Whitby have been found and elevated the bodies of holy men, Bishop Trumwine 1, King Oswiu 1, and his daughter Ælfflæd 2, who ruled the monastery after Hild 1, together with the monk [Cædmon 1] who, according to Bede 1, received the gift of song from God.: WilliamofMalmesbury.GestaPontificumAnglorum  iii.116.2

Reporting (1)

 Cædmon 1.report on his dream: After Cædmon 1 had told his master (Anonymous 258) about his dream, he was taken to Hild 1. He was asked to describe the dream in the presence of a number of more learned men.: Bede.HE  iv.24

Singing/song-composition (2)

 Cædmon 1.dream about singing: After having left a feast where people were starting to sing, Cædmon 1 went to the cattle byre and went to sleep. He dreamt that someone was asking him to sing about the beginning of created things.: Bede.HE  iv.24
 Cædmon 1.songs-composition: After learning all he could by listening to the course of sacred history, Cædmon 1 turned it into the most melodious verse.: Bede.HE  iv.24

Factoids linked indirectly to Cædmon 1 (2)

Occupation (2)

Master of Cædmon 1 (1)

 Anonymous 258: Bede.HE  iv.24

Servant of Cædmon 1 (1)

 Anonymous 259: Bede.HE  iv.24