Eadberht of Lindisfarne
Eadberht of Lindisfarne (also Eadbert, Eadbeorht, Edbert; † May 6 698 ) was from 688 until his death, Bishop of Lindisfarne.
Life
Eadberht was known for his knowledge of the Holy Scriptures, observance of the divine commandments, and especially for the giving of alms, when he was ordained a bishop 688. Even as a bishop he was in the habit for some time as a hermit not to withdraw.
Eadberht allowed the monks, his predecessor Cuthbert on 20 March 698, to exhume the eleventh anniversary of his death, in order to embed it into an above-ground sarcophagus near the altar. According to legend, the body was found entirely incorrupt. Through this miracle Cuthbert rose to fame throughout the country.
Soon after, ill Eadberht difficult. His health continued to deteriorate until he died on May 6, 698. He was the sarcophagus Cuthberts, in its previous grave, buried. Symeon of Durham, however, wrote that he was buried at Cuthberts sarcophagus.
His feast day is May 6
Eadberht seems to have had no national significance. The Northumbrian historian mentioned him only in connection with Cuthbert; in contemporary Anglo-Saxon Chronicle, he was not called.
Swell
- Venerable Bede, Historia ecclesiastica gentis Anglorum
- Symeon of Durham, History of the Church of Durham