Ceolfrith (redirect from Ceolfrid, Saint)
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...
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The Ceolfrid Bible (London, British Library, Add MS 45025) is a fragment of a late 7th or early 8th century Bible. It is almost certainly a portion of...
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few places by Bede himself. Bede's handwriting may be present. In 716, Ceolfrid accompanied one copy, the Codex Amiatinus, intended as a gift to Pope Gregory...
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Abbot Ceolfrid of the twin monasteries of Monkwearmouth and Jarrow to Nechtan on the subject of the dating of Easter, sent around 710. Ceolfrid assumes...
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Florence, Italy. Originally three copies of the Bible were commissioned by Ceolfrid in 692. This date has been established as the double monastery of Wearmouth-Jarrow...
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all of the Novem Codices were probably acquired by Benedict Biscop or Ceolfrid in Italy for the monastery at Monkwearmouth. The illumination of Ezra the...
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re-established glass making in Britain. In 686 the community was taken over by Ceolfrid, and Wearmouth–Jarrow became a major centre of learning and knowledge in...
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north-east England. Sigfrith was a deacon at the time he was chosen "by Ceolfrid [abbot of the twin abbey at Jarrow] and the monks" (Bede, Lives of the...
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Preceded by Ceolfrid Abbot of Jarrow 716/7–740s Succeeded by ?...
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the Codex Amiatinus." Speculum 71.04 (1996): 827–883. Chazelle, Celia. "Ceolfrid's gift to St Peter: the first quire of the Codex Amiatinus and the evidence...
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