Cedd
Cedd (Latin: Cedda, Ceddus; c. 620 – 26 October 664) was an Anglo-Saxon monk and bishop from the Kingdom of Northumbria. He was an evangelist of the Middle Angles and East Saxons in England and a significant participant in the Synod of Whitby, a meeting which resolved important differences within the Church in England. He is venerated in the Catholic Church, Anglicanism, and the Orthodox Church.
Cedd | |
|---|---|
| Bishop of London | |
Modern icon image of Cedd | |
| Installed | c. 654 |
| Term ended | 664 |
| Predecessor | Mellitus |
| Successor | Wine |
| Personal details | |
| Born | c. 620 |
| Died | 26 October 664 Lastingham |
| Sainthood | |
| Feast day | 26 October, 7 January (Orthodox Church) |
| Venerated in | Catholic Church; Orthodox Church; Anglicanism |
| Title as Saint | Evangelist of the Middle Angles and East Saxons |
| Attributes | Bishop holding a model of the church at Bradwell-on-Sea |
| Patronage | Essex; Lastingham; interpreters |
| Shrines | Lastingham. Shrine destroyed in Danish period but corresponding to the crypt of the present parish church |
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