Bede and Images of Saint Cuthbert
On 20 March, A.D. 698, eleven years after his death, the grave of Cuthbert, holy man and bishop of the Northumbrian diocese of Lindisfarne between 685 and 687, was opened and the body was found to be incorrupt. It has been argued in modern times that this was possibly due to the monks' techniqu...
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| Language: | English |
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Cambridge University Press
1997
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Traditio
Year: 1997, Volume: 52, Pages: 73-109 |
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| Summary: | On 20 March, A.D. 698, eleven years after his death, the grave of Cuthbert, holy man and bishop of the Northumbrian diocese of Lindisfarne between 685 and 687, was opened and the body was found to be incorrupt. It has been argued in modern times that this was possibly due to the monks' technique of embalming, or to the salty condition of the island soil, which literally pickled the saint's body. However, the bishop at that time, Eadberht, proclaimed a miracle. Cuthbert's body was reinterred with rich gifts in a shrine above the church floor so that the saint could be easily accessible to the faithful. Thus began the cult of Saint Cuthbert which culminated in the building of the magnificent cathedral of Durham. |
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| ISSN: | 2166-5508 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Traditio
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1017/S0362152900011946 |