After Ceolfrith 1 had long had care of the monastery, at an advanced age.
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Ceolfrith 1
(Abbot of Monkwearmouth-Jarrow, 688-716) : After having charge of the monastery for a long time Ceolfrith 1 suddenly astonished Anonymi 429 by deciding as an old man to go to Rome and to breathe his last among the places made sacred by the bodies of the blessed apostles and martyrs of Christ. At an advanced age he hastened to the holy dwellings of the blessed apostles.