Siddhesh Joshi (Editor)

Æthelwold (bishop of Lindisfarne)

Updated on
Edit
Like
Comment
Share on FacebookTweet on TwitterShare on LinkedInShare on Reddit
Appointed
  
721

Predecessor
  
Eadfrith

Died
  
740

Name
  
Æthelwold Æthelwold

Term ended
  
740

Successor
  
Cynewulf

Feast day
  
February 12

Æthelwold of Lindisfarne (died 740) (also spelled Aethelwald, Ethelwold, etc.) was Bishop of Lindisfarne from 721 until 740.

Æthelwold contributed to the production of the Lindisfarne Gospels: he took the raw manuscripts that his predecessor Eadfrith had prepared and had Billfrith bind them so that they could be read easily. He is the last Bishop of Lindisfarne to have been revered as a saint. He is often mistaken with his near contemporary, Æthelwold of Farne.

References

Æthelwold (bishop of Lindisfarne) Wikipedia