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Saint Ceolfrid (or Ceolfrith, Old English: [ˈtʃeːolfriθ]; also Geoffrey, c. 642 – 716) was an Anglo-Saxon
Christian abbot and saint. He is best
known as...
- The
Ceolfrid Bible (London,
British Library, Add MS 45025) is a
fragment of a late 7th or
early 8th
century Bible. It is
almost certainly a
portion of...
- few
places by Bede himself. Bede's
handwriting may be present. In 716,
Ceolfrid accompanied one copy, the
Codex Amiatinus,
intended as a gift to Pope Gregory...
- Florence, Italy.
Originally three copies of the
Bible were
commissioned by
Ceolfrid in 692. This date has been
established as the
double monastery of Wearmouth-Jarrow...
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Abbot Ceolfrid of the twin
monasteries of
Monkwearmouth and
Jarrow to
Nechtan on the
subject of the
dating of Easter, sent
around 710.
Ceolfrid ****umes...
- north-east England.
Sigfrith was a
deacon at the time he was
chosen "by
Ceolfrid [abbot of the twin
abbey at Jarrow] and the monks" (Bede,
Lives of the...
- all of the
Novem Codices were
probably acquired by
Benedict Biscop or
Ceolfrid in
Italy for the
monastery at Monkwearmouth. The
illumination of Ezra the...
- re-established gl****
making in Britain. In 686 the
community was
taken over by
Ceolfrid, and Wearmouth–Jarrow
became a
major centre of
learning and
knowledge in...
- Preceded by
Ceolfrid Abbot of
Jarrow 716/7–740s Succeeded by ?...
- the
Codex Amiatinus."
Speculum 71.04 (1996): 827–883. Chazelle, Celia. "
Ceolfrid's gift to St Peter: the
first quire of the
Codex Amiatinus and the evidence...
