Eata of Hexham
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Feast day | 26 October |
Eata (died 26 October 686), also known as Eata of Lindisfarne, was
Life
Eata was originally taken to Lindisfarne as a boy under
Eata returned to Melrose.The historian Bede described Eata as a gentle and greatly revered man. As an administrator Eata applied his skills at the time of plague, civil disorders and major ecclesiastical change.[6]
In 663 Alhfrith and Wilfrid persuaded King
Before Whitby, the abbot of Lindisfarne was also the Bishop of Lindisfarne, after Whitby these two roles were divided. The old abbot, Colman, left Lindisfarne to go back to
In 678, the
Like most of the early saints of the English Church, St. Eata was canonized by general repute of sanctity among the faithful in the regions which he helped to Christianize.[3]
Legacy
Eata is remembered in St. Eats' Chapel and St. Eata's Well, both in Alvie, on the south shore of Loch Alvie, in Scotland.[10]
The only church dedicated to him in England is St Eata's Church at Atcham in Shropshire, where he is depicted in one of the stained glass windows.[6]
Citations
- ^ a b Fryde, et al. Handbook of British Chronology p. 217
- ^ Fryde, et al. Handbook of British Chronology p. 219
- ^ a b c Macpherson, Ewan. "St. Eata." The Catholic Encyclopedia. Vol. 5. New York: Robert Appleton Company, 1909. 12 May 2013
- ^ a b Walsh A New Dictionary of Saints p. 166
- ^ Stephanus Vita Wilfridi 8
- ^ a b St. Eata's, Atcham, Shrewsbury Archived 4 November 2013 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Bede Ecclesiastical History of England Chapter 25
- ^ Bede Ecclesiastical History of England Chapter 26
- ^ a b Odden, Per Einer. "Den hellige Eata av Hexham (d. 686)", Den katolske kirke, February 1, 2000
- ^ "Eata Bishop of Hexham", Saints in Scottish Place-Names
References
- Colgrave, Bertram (1956). Battiscombe, C. F. (ed.). The Relics of Saint Cuthbert. Oxford.
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: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link) - Fryde, E. B.; Greenway, D. E.; Porter, S.; Roy, I. (1996). Handbook of British Chronology (Third revised ed.). Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press. ISBN 0-521-56350-X.
- Walsh, Michael J. (2007). A New Dictionary of Saints: East and West. London: Burns & Oats. ISBN 978-0-8601-2438-2.
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