Tatberht
Tatberht was an eighth century Anglo-Saxon saint, abbot[1] and contemporary of Bede.[2]
Provenance
He is known to history through the writing of
.Life
Tatberht was appointed the second
Roman position at the Synod of Whitby
.
A relative of his predecessor Wilfred,[4] with whom he worked closely,[5] Tatberht, was named in Wilfrid's will as joint heir with Saint Acca the patron of Bede.[6] Tatberht and Acca commissioned Stephen of Ripon[7] to write a life of Wilfrid.[8][9][10][1]
Veneration
According to Hugh Candidus and Byrhtferth he is buried at Ripon,[11] along with Saints
Peterborough Abbey.[12]
and he is commemorated on 5 June.
References
- ^ a b c "Tatberht 2". Prosopography of Anglo-Saxon England.
- ^ Peter Darby, Bede and the End of Time (Ashgate Publishing, Ltd., 2012) page 89
- ^ Tatberht biography.
- ^ Oswald By Bernard J. Muir, Andrew J. Turner Wilfrid Eadmer of Canterbury: Lives and Miracles of Saints Oda, Dunstan, and (Oxford University Press, 2006) page 271.
- English Historical Review (1983) XCVIII : pages 101-114.
- Penguin UK, 2004) page 178.
- ^ William Trent Foley, Images of Sanctity in Eddius Stephanus' Life of Bishop Wilfrid (Edwin Mellen Press, 1992) page 7.
- ^ Acca at Oxford DNBM
- ^ between the joint patronage of Tatberht and Acca, their generation the best recorded in the Dark Ages before Alfred the Great.
- Psychology Press, 1996) page 60.
- ^ Nicholas Brooks, Catherine Cubitt (Continuum, 1996) page 254.
- ^ Nicholas Brooks, Catherine Cubitt (Continuum, 1996) page 274.