Cedd
Bishop of London; Saint
b. c. 620 · d. 26 Oct 664
Cedd was an Anglo-Saxon monk and bishop from the Kingdom of Northumbria. He was an evangelist of the Middle Angles and East Saxons in England and a significant participant in the Synod of Whitby, a meeting which resolved important differences within the Church in England. He is venerated in Anglicanism, the Roman Catholic Church and the Orthodox Church.
Related people
- Finan of Lindisfarne consecrated by · traditional
- Aidan of Lindisfarne disciple of · traditional
- Cynibil sibling of · traditional
- Cælin sibling of · traditional
- Chad of Mercia sibling of · traditional
Events
- Synod of Whitby 664
Commemorated
Places
- Kingdom of Northumbria birth
- Lastingham death
How we know
Recorded as a historical figure.
- Ecclesiastical History of the English People 1 claim — Synod of Whitby