Event: Solitary life, choosing; becoming anchorite/hermitCuthbert 1.return to eremitic life on island of Farne
Scholarly Info
Description |
Cuthbert 1 returned to become a hermit again. |
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Primary Source Info
Date from Source |
After Cuthbert 1 had been a bishop for two years |
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Notes:
*Farne is not mentioned by name in this passage: see quotations for this Event and Event: Death that clearly imply that he had returned there.
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- Agent:
Cuthbert 1
(Saint; bishop of Hexham, 684-685, and Lindisfarne, 685-687) : Cuthbert 1 sought again the privacy of his solitary couch.
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