Editing Cuthbert of Lindisfarne

{{Era|Individuals}}{{WP-REAL|Cuthbert}}
{{Character Infobox
|image = DTVA - Illustration of Saint Cuthbert and King Ecgfrith.jpg
|birth = c. 634<br>{{Wiki|Dunbar}}, {{Wiki|Deira|Kingdom of Deira}}
|death = 20 March 687<br>{{Wiki|Farne Islands|Inner Farne}}, [[Northumbria|Kingdom of Northumbria]]
|species = [[Human]]
|affiliates = {{Wiki|Roman Catholic Diocese of Hexham and Newcastle|Diocese of Lindisfarne}}
}}
'''Cuthbert''' (c. 634 – 687) was an [[Anglo-Saxons|Anglo-Saxon]] monk and Bishop of [[Lindisfarne]] later venerated as a saint.

==Biography==
===Life===
By 654, while living as a hermit in retirement, Cuthbert was visited by then-King of {{Wiki|Deira}}, [[Ecgfrith of Northumbria|Ecgfrith]].<ref name="DTVA">''[[Discovery Tour: Viking Age]]'' – [[Learnings: Bishops: A Divided Duty]]</ref> Asking him to take back up his charge, Cuthbert was then later consecrated in [[York]] on 26 March 685.<ref>{{WP|Cuthbert}}</ref> After his return to the hermit life and his death in 687, Cuthbert was canonized as a saint.<ref name="DTVA"/>

===Legacy===
Cuthbert's exploits were later compiled by the historian monk [[Bede]] in the ''Vita S Cuthberti'' by the early 700s. Said work was then later adapted into an illustrated codex in the 12th century.<ref name="DTVA"/>

==Appearances==
*''[[Discovery Tour: Viking Age]]'' {{Mo}}

==References==
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