Remains of St Paul's Monastery, Jarrow, where Ceolfrid was Abbot.
Born
642
Died
716 monastery of Langres in Burgundy
Venerated in
Roman Catholic Church, Eastern Orthodox Church
Feast
25 September
Saint Ceolfrid (or Ceolfrith, Old English:[ˈtʃeːolfriθ]; also Geoffrey, c. 642 – 716) was an Anglo-Saxon Christian abbot and saint. He is best known as the warden of Bede from the age of seven until his death in 716. He was the Abbot of Monkwearmouth-Jarrow Abbey, and a major contributor to the project to produce the Codex Amiatinus Bible. He died in Burgundy while en route to deliver a copy of the codex to Pope Gregory II in Rome.[1]
^George Elphege Hind (1908). "St. Ceolfrid". In Catholic Encyclopedia. 3. New York: Robert Appleton Company.
Saint Ceolfrid (or Ceolfrith, Old English: [ˈtʃeːolfriθ]; also Geoffrey, c. 642 – 716) was an Anglo-Saxon Christian abbot and saint. He is best known...
was sent to Monkwearmouth at the age of seven and later joined Abbot Ceolfrith at Jarrow. Both of them survived a plague that struck in 686 and killed...
dispersed, the Codex Grandior of the Bible being purchased by the Anglo-Saxon Ceolfrith when he was in Italy in 679–80, and taken by him to Wearmouth Jarrow,...
itinerant missionary in East Anglia, Kent and Sussex. The Life of St Ceolfrith, written around the time of Bede by an unknown author, mentions an abbot...
Jerome. Originally three copies of the Bible were commissioned by Abbot Ceolfrith in 692. This date has been established as the double monastery of Monkwearmouth–Jarrow...
bishop. The monk Ceolfrith was attracted to Ripon from Gilling Abbey, which had recently been depopulated as a result of the plague. Ceolfrith later became...
Lindisfarne Bosa of York Botwine of Ripon Ceadda of Lichfield Cedd of Lichfield Ceolfrith of Monkwearmouth Ceolwulf of Northumbria Cuthbert of Durham Dryhthelm...
to Rome six times to buy books for the library. His successor, Abbot Ceolfrith, continued to add to the library until by one estimate the library at...
for rippling his face. From "Narcissus", Monkey on the Analyst's Couch, Ceolfrith, 1980 Much of Gerda Mayer's poetry draws on the trauma of her uprooting...
founded in Hampshire (England) which later becomes Winchester Cathedral. Ceolfrith, Anglo-Saxon abbot (approximate date) Hasan al-Basri, Arab theologian...
669. Because of this, one of the monks there, Ceolfrith, brother of Cynefrith, went to Ripon. Ceolfrith later went to Wearmouth-Jarrow, where he became...
such as Gerald of Mayo, the Two Ewalds, Willehad, Willibrord, Wilfrid, Ceolfrith, and other English all followed these Irish traditions. A number of other...
by Abbot Ceolfrith on 4 June 716, bound for Rome. The codex was to be presented to Pope Gregory II, a decision only announced by Ceolfrith very shortly...
monastery at Jarrow had an excellent library. Both Benedict Biscop and Ceolfrith had acquired books from the Continent, and in Bede's day the monastery...
from Monkwearmouth, and asked Ceolfrith to serve as abbot. One of those who relocated from Monkwearmouth was Ceolfrith's student Bede. Biscop envisioned...
Wollaton. The leaf is now on long-term loan to the British Library. "Ceolfrith Bible fragments". British Library. N. Barker, Treasures from the Libraries...
monastery of Monkwearmouth–Jarrow Abbey (Northumbria), aside from the abbot Ceolfrith and one small boy – future scholar Bede. Wilfrid, bishop of York, becomes...
ISBN 0-14-051312-4. Bede's World guidebook, 2004 AVCeol: Anonymous, "Life of Abbot Ceolfrith" in Webb & Farmer (eds), The Age of Bede. London: Penguin, 1983. ISBN 0-14-044727-X...
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