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Factoid Type |
Source Ref. |
Primary Person |
Short Description |
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Occupation |
Anon.VitCuthberti iii.6 |
Cuthbert 1 |
Anchorite |
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Occupation |
Anon.VitCuthberti iii.5 |
Cuthbert 1 |
Farmer |
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Occupation |
Anon.VitCuthberti iii.4 |
Cuthbert 1 |
Anchorite |
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Occupation |
Anon.VitCuthberti iii.1 |
Cuthbert 1 |
Hermit |
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Occupation |
Anon.VitCuthberti iii.3 |
Cuthbert 1 |
Anchorite |
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Event |
Anon.VitCuthberti iv.13 |
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After taking communion and lifting up his eyes and hands to heaven, Cuthbert 1 commanded his soul to the Lord, breathed his last, and without a sigh went in the way of his fathers. |
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Event |
Anon.VitCuthberti iv.12 |
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Wealhstod 1 suffered from dysentery, but was healed by Cuthbert 1 when he went specially to minister him in his cell. |
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Event |
Anon.VitCuthberti iv.1 |
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Ecgfrith 4, Trumwine 1 and chosen men of Lindisfarne (Anonymi 210) came to him bearing the decision of the council. |
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Event |
Anon.VitCuthberti iii.5 |
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Cuthbert 1 saw two ravens tearing to pieces the roof of the shelter built near the landing-place, and making themselves a nest. After trying to bid them not to do that injury to those who came over the sea, he banished them from the island. After three days one returned to Cuthbert and began to croak loudly, with humble cries asking his pardon. He gave them pardon and both returned to the island, each holding in its beak half of a piece of swine's lard as a gift for him. |
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Event |
Anon.VitCuthberti iii.3 |
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Following the command of Cuthbert 1, the brethren (Anonymi 223) who were visiting him dug the earth in the middle of the floor of his dwelling, looking for water. At once they discovered a fountain of living water which broke out of the rocky ground. |
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Event |
Anon.VitCuthberti iii.4 |
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Cuthbert 1 had asked the brethren (Anonymi 223) who came to visit him for some wood twelve feet in length, in order to join the edge of a rock rising from the sea. That same night the sea landed a floating timber where it was to be placed for the building. |
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Event |
Anon.VitCuthberti iii.2 |
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Cuthbert 1 managed to build into a wall a stone that four brethren together had not managed to move. |
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Event |
Anon.VitCuthberti iii.1 |
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Cuthbert 1 put the devils to flight and, digging down almost a cubit of a man into the earth, he made a space to dwell in. |
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Occupation |
Anon.VitCuthberti iii.7 |
Cuthbert 1 |
Anchorite |
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Occupation |
Anon.VitCuthberti iv.11 |
Cuthbert 1 |
Anchorite |
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Event |
Bede.VitCuthbertiPr 17 |
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After driving out the demons from Farne Island Cuthbert 1 made himself a dwelling place. |
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Event |
Bede.VitCuthbertiPr 18 |
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When some brethren (Anonymi 233) were visiting, they prayed God for water as Cuthbert 1's dwelling-place was lacking in it. They dug in the midst of his dwelling a pit, and on the next day they found it full of water which came from within. |
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Event |
Bede.VitCuthbertiPr 19 |
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After trying unsuccessfully to grow wheat, Cuthbert 1 asked the brethren (Anonymi 233) who visited him to take some barley, to see if that may produce a crop. It brought forth a very abundant crop, but when it began to ripen some birds came and eagerly set about consuming it. He approached them and asked them to leave. They departed immediately. |
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Event |
Bede.VitCuthbertiPr 20 |
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Cuthbert 1 reproached some ravens which were taking the straw from his roof for their nests. After three days one of them came back asking for his pardon. |
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Event |
Bede.VitCuthbertiPr 21 |
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When his visitors (Anonymi 233) forgot about the timber Cuthbert 1 had asked them for, the night tide carried up some timber of the required length and placed it over the very spot whereon it was to be set for the building. |
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Event |
Bede.VitCuthbertiPr 24 |
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Since Cuthbert 1 could by no means be dragged from his place, Ecgfrith 4 and Trumwine 1 (together with many other religious and powerful men) sailed to his island and at last they drew him from his retirement. |
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Event |
Bede.VitCuthbertiPr 36 |
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After some brothers (Anonymi 239) had visited him, Cuthbert 1 told them to eat a certain goose hanging on the wall. But they did not obey him and for seven days they had to remain on the island because of the raging sea. |
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Event |
Bede.VitCuthbertiPr 37-40 |
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Cuthbert 1 was attacked by a sudden illness and died. |
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Event |
Bede.VitCuthbertiPr 37 |
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Herefrith 1 and some brethren (Anonymi 240) went to visit Cuthbert 1. |
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Event |
Bede.VitCuthbertiPr 37 |
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After five days of tempest, Herefrith 1 went to see Cuthbert 1 again. |
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Event |
Bede.VitCuthbertiPr 37 |
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Herefrith 1 and some other brethren convinced Cuthbert 1 to be buried in Lindisfarne. |
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Event |
Bede.VitCuthbertiPr 46 |
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Ęthelwald 8 died on the island. |
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Event |
Bede.VitCuthbertiPr 46 |
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Eadfrith 3 decided to restore the oratory, which had been used by Cuthbert 1 and Ęthelwald 8, from its foundations, since it was falling to pieces through age. |
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Event |
Bede.VitCuthbertiPr 46 |
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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. |
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Occupation |
Bede.VitCuthbertiPr 46 |
Ęthelwald 8 |
Anchorite |
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Occupation |
Bede.VitCuthbertiPr 17 |
Cuthbert 1 |
Hermit |
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Occupation |
Bede.VitCuthbertiPr 46 |
Felgild 1 |
Anchorite |
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Event |
Bede.VitCuthbertiMetr 46 |
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Felgild 1 took down the calf-skin from the wall, cut it into pieces, and put the first stripe in water. When a drop fell on his face, he wept it away and discovered that he had been healed of his facial tumour. |
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Event |
Bede.VitCuthbertiMetr 36 |
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Cuthbert 1 died after receiving his viaticum, while still engaged in heavenly praise. |
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Event |
Bede.VitCuthbertiMetr 35 |
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When the brethren insisted for him take one attendant in his dwelling, Cuthbert 1 chose Wealhstod 1, so that he could provide the consolation of brotherly love for him. As soon as he entered the dwelling, Wealhstod 1 was healed from his dysentery. |
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Event |
Bede.VitCuthbertiMetr 17 |
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After sowing some land and when an abundant crop had sprung up, some birds attempted to steal Cuthbert 1's corn, When he spoke to them, they departed and never again dared to infringe his jurisdiction. |
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Event |
Bede.VitCuthbertiMetr 16 |
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Through his prayers Cuthbert 1 struck a pleasant spring of water from the dry rock. |
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Event |
Bede.VitCuthbertiMetr 15 |
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Cuthbert 1 established humble dwellings and strengthened the walls with movable stones which six strong men could scarcely carry on their backs. |
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Event |
Bede.VitCuthbertiMetr 15 |
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The island was stiff with aerial demons and it fended off all human occupancy with dark threats. Cuthbert 1 expelled its foul inhabitants from their dwellings. |
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Occupation |
Bede.VitCuthbertiMetr 45 cap. |
Ęthelwald 8 |
Anchorite |
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Occupation |
Bede.VitCuthbertiMetr 15 |
Cuthbert 1 |
Anchorite |
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Occupation |
Bede.VitCuthbertiMetr 32, 33 |
Cuthbert 1 |
Hermit |
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Occupation |
Bede.VitCuthbertiMetr 44 |
Felgild 1 |
Anchorite |
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Occupation |
Bede.VitCuthbertiMetr 46 |
Felgild 1 |
Anchorite |
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Event |
Bede.HE v.1 |
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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. |
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Event |
Bede.HE iv.28 |
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Ecgfrith 4 and Trumwine 1, together with many other religious and powerful men, sailed to Farne Island to ask Cuthbert 1 to accept the bishopric of Lindisfarne. |
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Event |
Bede.HE iv.28 |
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After having tried without success to grow wheat, Cuthbert 1 asked the brothers for barley. He put it in the same ground long after the proper time of sowing. Yet an abundant crop quickly appeared. |
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Event |
Bede.HE iv.28 |
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When some brethren (Anonymi 676) were visiting, they dug in the midst of his dwelling a pit, and on the next day they found it full of water which came from within. |
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Event |
Bede.HE iv.28 |
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After driving away the evil spirits from Farne Island, Cuthbert 1 built a small dwelling-place with the help of the brothers. |
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Event |
Bede.HE iii.16 |
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While Aidan 1 was staying on Farne Island, he saw the flames coming from Bamburgh, which Penda 1 was trying to set on fire. He prayed to the Lord and the winds carried the flames in the direction of those who had kindled them. |
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Occupation |
Bede.HE iv.27 |
Cuthbert 1 |
Anchorite |
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Occupation |
Bede.HE iv.29 |
Cuthbert 1 |
Anchorite |
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Occupation |
Bede.HE v.1 |
Cuthbert 1 |
Anchorite |
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Occupation |
Bede.HE v.1 |
Ęthelwald 8 |
Anchorite |
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Event |
Alcuin.VersEubor 706-7 |
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Cuthbert 1 expelled demons from Farne, making a residence for himself nearby. |
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Event |
Alcuin.VersEubor 676-80 |
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Cuthbert 1 died in his solitary cell; the island was made sacred by his death. |
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Occupation |
OEMart 58 |
Ęthelwald 8 |
Anchorite |
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Event |
OEMart 58 |
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Ęthelwald 8 occupied the hermitage at Farne Island for twelve years as the first person after Cuthbert 1. |
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Event |
OEMart 58 |
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Ęthelwald 8 died on the twenty-first day of the month after he had dwelt in the hermitage on Farne Island for twelve years. |
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Event |
Symeonof Durham.HistoriadeSanctoCuthberto 3 |
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Deciding to live more strictly, Cuthbert 1 departed from Melrose and took himself to a certain remote island called Farne and for nine years enclosed himself there as if in a prison, fighting against the enemy of mankind lest his mind be averted from God. The saintly bishop Aidan 1 long dwelt on this same island in the time of King Penda 1, son of Pybba 1, whom King Oswine 1 succeeded. |