Event: Appointment/consecration/elevation/ordination of abbot, Baptism, Pastoral activities/preaching
Cuthbert 1
.becoming abbot of Melrose
Asserted in:
Symeonof Durham.HistoriadeSanctoCuthberto
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Scholarly Info
Description
After
Boisil 1
died, St
Cuthbert 1
succeeded him as abbot and long lived there, spreading the word of God and baptizing a great multitude.
Primary Source Info
Persons associated with this Event:
Agent
:
Cuthbert 1
(
Saint; bishop of Hexham, 684-685, and Lindisfarne, 685-687
)
Participant
:
Boisil 1
(
Prior of Melrose
)
Locations associated with this Event:
: (
), now
Melrose, Roxburghshire, Scotland