Enciclopedia Cattolica Vol. III, 1949 Saints & hagiography Saints

Ceadda (Chad), Abbot, Saint

CEADDA (CHAD) ABATE, SANTO

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Also known as: St. Chad; Italian: San Chad

CEADDA (Chad), Abbot, Saint. - Perhaps a native of Northumbria. The year of his birth is uncertain; he died, according to Bede, who is the best source for his life, in 672. He was educated at Lindisfarne and became abbot of Lastingham. Since the see of York was temporarily vacant through the absence of its incumbent St. Wilfrid, who had gone to Gaul and was slow to return, he was invited by his king to occupy the see, which he did, thereby earning the rebuke of St. Theodore, bishop of Canterbury, who urged him to yield the place to the incumbent who had returned to his see. C. returned to his monastery, whence St. Theodore drew him in 669 to entrust to him the episcopal see of Lichfield in the kingdom of Mercia. His relics, at the time of the Protestant Reformation, were saved by Catholics and are now in the cathedral of Birmingham dedicated to him. His feast falls on 2 March.

Bibliography

BIBL.: Martyr. Romanum, p. 83.

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Translated from the Enciclopedia Cattolica, vol. III (1949), col. 1223.

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“Ceadda (Chad) Abate, santo.” In Enciclopedia Cattolica, vol. III, col. 1223. Città del Vaticano: Ente per l’Enciclopedia Cattolica e per il Libro Cattolico, 1949. https://azioneromana.com/article/ceadda-chad-abate-santo.

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“Ceadda (Chad) Abate, santo.” Enciclopedia Cattolica, vol. III, Ente per l’Enciclopedia Cattolica e per il Libro Cattolico, 1949, col. 1223. Azione Romana, https://azioneromana.com/article/ceadda-chad-abate-santo.

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  title     = {Ceadda (Chad) Abate, santo},
  booktitle = {Enciclopedia Cattolica},
  volume    = {III},
  pages     = {1223},
  note      = {Cited by column},
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  address   = {Città del Vaticano},
  year      = {1949},
  url       = {https://azioneromana.com/article/ceadda-chad-abate-santo}
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