HE was, for his eminent sanctity, honored with the priesthood while he
lived in the monastery of Rippon. Afterwards he led an eremitical life
in the isle of Farne, where he died in 669, about eleven years after St.
Cuthbert. His body was translated to Lindisfarne, afterwards to Durham.
See Bede in vita S. Cuthberti, n. 68.
Footnotes:
1. Edelwald, or Ethelwald. signifies _noble, potent_.
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