A portrait of St. Cedd
St. Cedd
c. 620 – 664
Feast
October 26 · VII c.
Patron of
Essex · Northumbria · Missionaries
Order
Bishop / Missionary / Monk
Anglo-Saxon bishop and brother of St. Ceadda (d. 664); trained at Lindisfarne under St. Aidan, evangelized the East Saxons, and founded the abbey of Lastingham in Yorkshire. Feast October 26.
Life & Times
Born: c. 620 · Died: 664 · From: England.
Patronage
St. Cedd is invoked as the patron of essex, northumbria, missionaries. Those in these callings or circumstances often turn to this saint in prayer.
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About Catholic Saints
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