While Cuthbert 1 was sitting at dinner, he was suddenly transported away and his shaking hand dropped the knife. When Ælfflæd 2 asked what was happening, he said that one of her monks was being borne to heaven.
Primary Source Info
Persons associated with this Event:
Witness:
Ælfflæd 2
(Abbess of Whitby, d.714) : When she asked for the name of the monk, Cuthbert 1 replied that she would be able to tell him his name on the following day.
Recipient:
Cuthbert 1
(Saint; bishop of Hexham, 684-685, and Lindisfarne, 685-687)
(Other):
Hadwald 1
(Brother from Ælfflæd 2's house who died falling from a tree.) : The monk whose soul Cuthbert 1 saw being borne to heaven.