Ęthelwald 8 (Male) Hermit who succeeded Cuthbert 1 at Farne
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Notes: Perhaps this is the same as Ęthelwald 9

Factoid List

Recorded Name (7)

Athelwladus (1)

 Bede.VitCuthbertiMetr  45 cap.

Ažeuualdes (1)

 OEMart  58

Edilwaldus (1)

 Bede.VitCuthbertiPr  46

Ethelwaldus (1)

 Bede.VitCuthbertiMetr  45

Oedilualdus (1)

 Willibrord.Cal  6

Oidiluald (1)

 Bede.HE  v.1

Ęželwald (1)

 OEMart  58

Personal Information (7)

moral (2)

 Bede.VitCuthbertiPr  46 (man devoted to God)
 Bede.VitCuthbertiMetr  45 (He rarely wished to reveal to anyone his own powers, with which he had victoriously shattered the weapons of evil)

piety (1)

 Bede.HE  v.1 (the man of God)

reputation (1)

 Bede.HE  v.1 (venerable)

saintly status (3)

 Bede.VitCuthbertiMetr  45 (holy)
 OEMart  58 (The holy anchorite, Saint Ęthelwald 8)
 Willibrord.Cal  6 (21 April: Of Ęthelwald 8 the monk)

Office (1)

Priest (1)

 Bede.HE  v.1

Occupation (6)

Anchorite (4)

 Bede.VitCuthbertiPr  46
 Bede.VitCuthbertiMetr  45 cap.
 Bede.HE  v.1
 OEMart  58

Monk (2)

 Bede.VitCuthbertiPr  46
 Willibrord.Cal  6

Personal Relationship (2)

~ Companion (General relationship) of Ęthelwald 8 (1)

 Anonymous 119: of Ęthelwald 8: Bede.VitCuthbertiMetr  45

~ Friend (General relationship) of Ęthelwald 8 (1)

 Anonymous 119: of Ęthelwald 8: Bede.VitCuthbertiMetr  45

Event (9)

Building construction/restoration (1)

 Ęthelwald 8.repairing oratory with skin of calf: Ęthelwald 8 used the skin of a calf to repair the oratory that Cuthbert 1 had been using before him. He fixed it with nails in a corner to keep out the violence of the storms.: Bede.VitCuthbertiPr  46

Burial (1)

 Ęthelwald 8.burial: Ęthelwald 8 died on Farne Island, but was buried at Lindisfarne: Bede.HE  v.1

Commemoration of saint/calendar-entering (1)

 Ęthelwald 8.commemoration on 21 April: 21 April: Calendar-commemoration of the monk, Ęthelwald 8: Willibrord.Cal  6

Commemoration of the dead (1)

 Ęthelwald 8.commemoration on 21 April: 21 April: Calendar-commemoration of the monk, Ęthelwald 8: Willibrord.Cal  6

Conversation (2)

 Ęthelwald 8-Anonymous 119.conversation: While he was giving Anonymous 119 some heavenly admonitions, Ęthelwald 8 inadvertently revealed his miraculous powers, but asked the companion to keep it secret until his own death.: Bede.VitCuthbertiMetr  45
 Ęthelwald 8.revelation from heaven while speaking to disciple (Anonymous 457): When speaking to a disciple (Anonymous 457), Ęthelwald 8 stopped, as if he were listening.: OEMart  58

Death/dying (2)

 Ęthelwald 8.burial: Ęthelwald 8 died on Farne Island, but was buried at Lindisfarne: Bede.HE  v.1
 Ęthelwald 8.death: Ęthelwald 8 died on the twenty-first day of the month after he had dwelt in the hermitage on Farne Island for twelve years.: OEMart  58

Dreaming/seeing vision/revelation (1)

 Ęthelwald 8.revelation from heaven while speaking to disciple (Anonymous 457): When speaking to a disciple (Anonymous 457), Ęthelwald 8 stopped, as if he were listening.: OEMart  58

Journey (1)

 Ęthelwald 8.miracle of tempest: When Guthfrith 2 and two other brothers where returning home from Farne Island, a wintry tempest arose. It ceased only when Ęthelwald 8 prayed to God for their life and safety.: Bede.HE  v.1

Miracle (2)

 Ęthelwald 8-Anonymous 119.conversation: While he was giving Anonymous 119 some heavenly admonitions, Ęthelwald 8 inadvertently revealed his miraculous powers, but asked the companion to keep it secret until his own death.: Bede.VitCuthbertiMetr  45
 Ęthelwald 8.miracle of tempest: When Guthfrith 2 and two other brothers where returning home from Farne Island, a wintry tempest arose. It ceased only when Ęthelwald 8 prayed to God for their life and safety.: Bede.HE  v.1

Pastoral activities/preaching (1)

 Ęthelwald 8-Anonymous 119.conversation: While he was giving Anonymous 119 some heavenly admonitions, Ęthelwald 8 inadvertently revealed his miraculous powers, but asked the companion to keep it secret until his own death.: Bede.VitCuthbertiMetr  45

Praying (1)

 Ęthelwald 8.miracle of tempest: When Guthfrith 2 and two other brothers where returning home from Farne Island, a wintry tempest arose. It ceased only when Ęthelwald 8 prayed to God for their life and safety.: Bede.HE  v.1

Request (1)

 Ęthelwald 8-Anonymous 119.conversation: While he was giving Anonymous 119 some heavenly admonitions, Ęthelwald 8 inadvertently revealed his miraculous powers, but asked the companion to keep it secret until his own death.: Bede.VitCuthbertiMetr  45

Residence (2)

 Ęthelwald 8.death: Ęthelwald 8 died on the twenty-first day of the month after he had dwelt in the hermitage on Farne Island for twelve years.: OEMart  58
 Ęthelwald 8.occupancy of hermitage on Farne island: Ęthelwald 8 occupied the hermitage at Farne Island for twelve years as the first person after Cuthbert 1.: OEMart  58

Solitary life, choosing; becoming anchorite/hermit (1)

 Ęthelwald 8.occupancy of hermitage on Farne island: Ęthelwald 8 occupied the hermitage at Farne Island for twelve years as the first person after Cuthbert 1.: OEMart  58

Factoids linked indirectly to Ęthelwald 8 (2)

Occupation (1)

Servant of Ęthelwald 8 (1)

 Anonymous 457: OEMart  58

Status (1)

Disciple of Ęthelwald 8 (1)

 Anonymous 457: OEMart  58