Saint Cuthbert (c. 634 - 20 March 687) was an Anglo-Saxon monk from the Kingdom of Northumbria, who became the bishop of Lindisfarne and one of the most important saints of the medieval church in England.
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c. 634 - 20 Mar 687Life of Saint Cuthbert.
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c. 651Saint Cuthbert joins the monastic community at Melrose.
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664Synod of Whitby.
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c. 676Saint Cuthbert retires to Farne island to live a life of solitude.
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684Saint Cuthbert is made bishop of Lindisfarne.
