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Hereberht Huntingdon


Hereberht of Huntingdon was a seventh century Mercian Hermit and local saint of Anglo-Saxon England.

Very little is known of his life, or ministry, but he is mentioned by Bede, Henry of Huntingdon and the Secgan Hagiography.
According to Bede, Hereberht was a friend of St. Cuthbert. and like Cuthbert retired as an Anchorite to an Island (in his case in a lake), where he died in 687AD, and was venerated.

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Hereberht of Huntingdon Wikipedia