Cedd

Cedd (also Cedde, Ceddi or Ceadwalla; * to 620; † October 26 664) was an Anglo-Saxon missionary, bishop and Dept. He is venerated as a saint.

Life

Cedd and his brothers Chad ( Ceadda ), Cynebill and Caelin were from Northumbria. Together with his brothers, he was educated at the monastery of Abbot Aidan of Lindisfarne ( 635-651 ) in the iro -Scottish tradition as a monk and priest. After Peada, the son and co-regent of King Penda, was baptized by Finan of Lindisfarne 653 in the vicinity of Hadrian's Wall, the missionaries Cedd, Adda, Betti and Diuma escorted him out of Northumbria to the mean fishing.

In the same year ( 653 ) Cedd was sent with another priest at the request of the king Sigeberht II in Essex from Oswiu to Essex, where he evangelized successfully. His successes were so great that he was ordained on a visit to Lindisfarne from financing bishop of the East Saxons. After his return to Essex he ordained in his support other priests and deacons, and continued his work in which he had founded monastic missionary centers Ythancaestir ( Bradwell -on-Sea ) and Tilaburg ( Tilbury ) continued. Ythancaestir was built on and from the remains of the Roman fort Othona. The still used today Church of St Peter -on -the-Wall was built by Cedd, including the old fortified wall, where she got her name. Cedd had no fixed bishopric. London, later to become the center of the diocese has not yet been mentioned in connection with Cedd.

Æthelwald Deira presented 658 land for the construction of a monastery are available. Cedd and his brothers Chad and Cynebill founded the Northumbrian monastery Læstingaeu ( Lastingham, Yorkshire ), which led Cedd as abbot in addition to his episcopal activity in Essex. Æthelwald of East Anglia was the godfather of the king Swithhelm of Essex, as was baptized at 661 in Rendelsham, the royal seat of East Anglia, Bishop Cedd.

In the year 664 Cedd took part as an interpreter at the Synod of Whitby, should eliminate the existing differences between the Roman and iro -Scottish Rite. Cedd bowed to the decision of the Synod and represented the Roman rite now. Cedd visited the monastery in Lastingham. There he died on October 26 of a plague that had broken out all over Britain. He was initially buried in the convent cemetery. After the monastery church was completed, he found his final resting place beside the altar.

Worship

His feast day is celebrated on January 7. In the iconography Cedd is represented as a bishop with chalice and crook. The joint presentation with the Saints Chad and Diuma is in use.

Swell

• Venerable Bede Historia ecclesiastica gentis Anglorum, online in Medieval Source Book (English)