Today is St Cuthbert's Day @StCuthsRC😊
Born in 635 to a well-to-do family, St Cuthbert is regarded as the patron saint of Northern England. He decided to become a monk after seeing a vision in 651. You can read about his life here: lindisfarne.org.uk/general/cuthbe… #StCuthbertsDay (1/12)
Born in 635 to a well-to-do family, St Cuthbert is regarded as the patron saint of Northern England. He decided to become a monk after seeing a vision in 651. You can read about his life here: lindisfarne.org.uk/general/cuthbe… #StCuthbertsDay (1/12)
He was a monk in Melrose, Ripon and Lindisfarne, which were all then in Northumbria. He became a hermit on Inner Farne Island near Lindisfarne. Later he was Bishop of Lindisfarne before retiring back to Farne Island where he passed away northumbrianassociation.com/index.php?page… (2/12)
"Many of Cuthbert’s miracles deal with animals and birds and his natural surroundings." #StCuthbertsDay northumbrianassociation.com/index.php?page… (image St Cuthbert's feet are dried by otters, BL Yates Thompson MS 26 fo. 24r, see link below) (3/12)
Eider ducks are known as 'St Cuthbert's Ducks' or 'Cuddy Ducks' for short. "Cuthbert is said to have tamed these ducks so well that they would nest everywhere in the chapel on Farne, even next to the chapel altar, without fear" pilgrimageandcathedrals.ac.uk/blog/st-cuthbe… (4/12)
St Cuthbert died on 20 March 687 on Inner Farne Island - today is the 1,333rd anniversary of his death. He was buried on Lindisfarne. #StCuthbertsDay (5/12)
People came to pray at St Cuthbert's grave "and then miracles of healing were claimed. To the monks of Lindisfarne this was a clear sign that Cuthbert was now a saint in heaven and they, as the saint's community, should declare this to the world". lindisfarne.org.uk/general/cuthbe… (6/12)
This article tells the story of the travels of the Lindisfarne community with St Cuthbert's coffin around northern England between 844 and 1070, in response to Viking raids and the Norman conquest chroniclelive.co.uk/news/north-eas… (7/12)
"After the Norman conquest, the French bishop William Carileph replaced the small Anglo-Saxon church with the grand Norman cathedral in Durham. The coffin was taken there in 1104 AD and it was the centre of the shrine of St Cuthbert". chroniclelive.co.uk/news/north-eas… (8/12) #StCuthbert
In 1104, when St Cuthbert's shrine was transferred, his body was found to be incorrupt (no decay), and with it was the head of St. Oswald, which had been placed with St Cuthbert's body for safety, hence they are often shown together in Christian art co-curate.ncl.ac.uk/resources/view… (9/12)
A manuscript copy of the Gospel of St John, the St Cuthbert Gospel, produced in Northern England in the late 7th century, was buried alongside St Cuthbert & later found in his coffin at Durham Cathedral in 1104. It's the oldest intact book in Europe (British Library blog) (10/12)
The Art Fund says it "has beautifully-worked original red leather binding, and is the only surviving high-status manuscript from this crucial period in British history to retain its original appearance, both inside and out". You can see it here bl.uk/manuscripts/Vi… (11/12)
The St Cuthbert's Way is a 100km trail from Melrose in the Scottish Borders to Holy Island off the coast of Northumbria. It takes in sites significant to the life of St Cuthbert. You can learn about it and enjoy the scenery here (12/12) #StCuthbertsDay
