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1089:"most of his additions are verbal and hagiographical trimmings". While following the Anonymous Life's order for most of the Prose Life, Bede considerably alters the order of miracles found in book iv. The Anonymous Life suggests that Cuthbert began his career at Ripon, whereas Bede shows that it was in fact Melrose. Historian Clare Stancliffe suggested that the Anonymous Life made Ripon Cuthbert's place of
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852:, Cuthbert is given the job of greeting guests; having washed and rubbed the feet of one guest, Cuthbert seeks to feed the visitor, finds he has no bread in the guesthouse and so goes to the monastery; but because the bread there is still baking, he has to return empty handed; when Cuthbert returns the visitor—an
880:) waiting for the sea to calm in order to resume their voyage; their hunger is relieved however when three slices of prepared dolphin meat is found on the beach, enough to feed them for three days; the story was reported to the author by a priest named Tydi, still living as the work was authored (chapter four).
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Eadfrith. In chapter three the eight-year-old Cuthbert plays with other children, showing off his physical abilities, until a three-year-old playmate, addressing him
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came from the sky and landed by the river; the boy ran towards the eagle and found a fish; after giving half of it to the eagle, the party fed themselves with the other half (chapter five). On the same trip the Devil created an illusion of a burning house, tricking some of the men despite
Cuthbert's
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of the saint. Bertram
Colgrave, the Anonymous Life's most recent editor, has roundly rejected Hahn's argument. While offering Baldhelm and Cynemund (two other sources of Bede) as better candidates, Colgrave did not endorse either and declared that "it must always be a matter of conjecture". From the
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for the monks there, Cuthbert seeks a more solidary existence on the island of Farne, defeats the demons there and begins to build a residence (chapter one). Cuthbert moves a huge rock for the construction of his building (chapter two), and orders his men to dig up some stony ground created an open
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Cuthbert's life, the Anonymous Life is the chief source. Bede however made little acknowledgment of his debt to the Anonymous Life in either his prose or verse life, and indeed if we were dependent only on Bede we would probably not know the work ever existed.
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The
Bollandist version was based on St Omer 267 and Trier Public Library 1151. Giles' edition was a reprint of the Bollandist version. Stevenson's version too was a reprint of the Bollandist version, with some corrections brought in. Colgrave's edition was new, but like the Bollandist version is
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Historian
Bertram Colgrave believed that Harley MS 2800 and Brussels MS 207–208 have a common origin, a 12th-century legendary from the diocese of Trier. Both manuscripts share common features, such as the omission of place-names and personal names (e.g. Plecgils). Colgrave likewise attributed a
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Cuthbert becomes bishop of
Lindisfarne at the beginning of book iv, accepting the position only with reluctance and continuing his monastic style of life (chapters one and two). A number of healing miracles are subsequently recounted. Cuthbert cures the wife of one of Aldfrith's men, a gesith
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common parent manuscript to Trier, Public
Library 1151 and Paris Bibliothèque Nationale Fonds Latin 5289, as he did to Arras 812 (1029) and the two St Omer manuscripts. The Salzburg manuscript may be descended from an ancestor predating the common ancestor of the former and the latter set.
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off fighting the Picts, Cuthbert visits the queen at
Carlise; as Cuthbert is conducted by Waga, the city's reeve, he announces that the war is over and that the Ecgfrith has been slain; it was later revealed that Cuthbert's assertion happened at the same hour as the king's death
868:; the cleric sees two sea-animals emerge from the waves to clean and rub Cuthbert's feet; the author of the Anonymous Life was told this by a priest of Melrose called Plecgils (chapter three). In the following chapter Cuthbert and two brothers, having sailed to the land of the
1053:, predicts the death of one of Ælfflæd's servants, Hadwald (chapter ten). The bishop resigns his bishopric after an episcopate of two years and returns to Farne (chapter eleven). Miracles continue as Cuthbert cures a ("still surviving") brother named Walhstod from
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After eleven years, Cuthbert's successor Bishop
Eadberht orders the reopening of Cuthbert's coffin; Cuthbert's body is found to be incorrupt, i.e. having not decayed any noticeable way (chapter fourteen). Miracles begin happening at Cuthbert's coffin, prayers and
626:. St Omer 267 is still regarded as the best of all the available manuscripts in terms of accuracy, as well as age. Another St Omer manuscript, St Omer 715 preserves the Anonymous Life, occupying folios 164 to 168b. Here the Anonymous Life forms part of a larger
793:, who apparently heard it from Cuthbert's own mouth (though Cuthbert confessed that the significance was unknown to him at the time). Still an eight-year-old, Cuthbert becomes lame and is visited by an angel who instructs him on a cure (chapter four).
407:(died 397), who like Cuthbert successfully combined the role of hermit and bishop. The Anonymous Life appears to have been particularly influenced by the example of Martin in its portrayal of Cuthbert's pastoral and healing activities.
496:. The primary source used however was the oral tradition of the Lindisfarne monks. Many of the men the author consulted were unnamed priests, deacons and other men respected in their communities, though some are named directly, namely
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What I have written concerning the most holy father and bishop Cuthbert, whether in this volume or in my little book concerning his acts, I took in part from what I have previously found written about him by the brethren of
704:, Fonds Latin 5289, written in the 14th century, contains the last extant version of the Anonymous Life. It has been copied out of order, beginning on folio 55b, continuing on folios 49b to 52b, and ending on 56 to 58b.
1049:, who asks to die at the same day and hour as Cuthbert; the request is granted, and subsequently both go to heaven on the same hour of the same night (chapter nine). Cuthbert, dining at Ovington with abbess
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who also commissioned Bede's Prose Life of the saint. The Anonymous Life was organised into four books; though this was not common in the literature of the day, it followed the organization of the metrical
1025:. Cuthbert is the savior of a servant Sibba, a Tweedside gesith, is retold thanks to the account provided by another former servant of Sibba's who is now a monk at Lindisfarne (chapter seven).
956:, despite being warned, disturb the roof of the shelter built for Cuthbert's servants, the saint banishes them from the island in the name of Jesus; after three days one raven returns seeking
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volumes, Royal Library MSS 98–100, 206, and 207–208. The Anonymous Life is present in MS 207–208 folios 158 to 163. In Trier, in another legendary composed around 1235 probably at the
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The Anonymous Life consists of 4 books, book i relating Cuthbert's youth, book ii his early years serving God, book iii his time as a hermit on Farne, and book iv his time as bishop.
482:. This influence extends to long verbatim extracts, such as those from the Sulpicius Severus at book i chapter 2 and book iv chapter 1. The author was also familiar with
364:, though the date of 710 attributed to the latter by historian R. C. Love (in contrast to a date between 680 and 704) makes it later than the Anonymous Life of Cuthbert.
333:, sister of the king, meeting Cuthbert on Coquet Island; from British Library Yates Thomson MS 26 version of Bede's Prose Life, prophecy is in the Anonymous Life at iii.6
976:; Cuthbert agrees to become bishop within two years (chapter six). In chapter seven, the author closes book iii with a summary of Cuthbert's virtues and achievements.
349:"), the Anonymous Life is the first piece of Northumbrian Latin writing and the earliest piece of English Latin hagiography. This is an honour sometimes given to the
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Bede adds a longer account of Cuthbert's death supplied to him by abbot Herefrith. Bede also expands the story of Hereberht, adding the name of Hereberht's abode as
1001:, a miracle witnessed and reported by Æthilwald, then a priest but in the author's day prior of Melrose, whose relation the maiden was (chapter four). He cures a
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Stylistically the Latin of the Anonymous Life is not as grammatical and classicizing as Bede's Prose Life, and Bede went to some effort to 'improve' the prose.
812:, bishop of Lindisfarne, had died on the same hour as Cuthbert's vision. Far to the south, a young Cuthbert is travelling during the winter and crosses the
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into being (chapter three). The waves provide Cuthbert with the 12-foot beam he needs for the house after his men are unable to obtain one (chapter four).
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to distinguish it from the "Prose Life" and the "Metrical Life" of Bede. There are four modern editions of the Anonymous Life, the latest by historian
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of Cuthbert's body in 698, at some point between 699 and 705. Compiled from oral sources available in Bernicia at the time of its composition, the
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through prayer, while in chapter eight he drives out a demon from the wife of a religious man named Hildmer, curing her illness.
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Bullough, Donald C. (1998), "A Neglected Early-Ninth-Century Manuscript of the Lindisfarne Vita S. Cuthberti",
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because Melrose may have been tarnished in some eyes due to its use of Irish-style tonsure (in contrast to the
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warning; the men, realising their mistake in seeking to extinguish the flames, asked and were given Cuthbert's
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The Anonymous Life is extant in eight manuscripts. The oldest, according to historian Donald Bullough, lies in
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who died on 20 March 687. In common with Irish saints of the period, the Anonymous Life depicts the
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Two Lives of Saint Cuthbert: A Life by an Anonymous Monk of Lindisfarne and Bede's Prose Life
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Two Lives of Saint Cuthbert: A Life by an Anonymous Monk of Lindisfarne and Bede's Prose Life
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1045:(chapter eight). At Carlisle Cuthbert meets an anchorite named
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2348:The Blackwell Encyclopaedia of Anglo-Saxon England
2196:, Woodbridge: The Boydell Press, pp. 95–102,
2194:St Cuthbert, His Cult and His Community to AD 1200
1554:Bullough, "Early-Ninth-Century Manuscript", p. 109
1397:Bullough, "Early-Ninth-Century Manuscript", p. 108
1281:Stancliffe, "Cuthbert, Pastor and Solitary", p. 22
2390:, Woodbridge: The Boydell Press, pp. 21–44,
2366:St Cuthbert: His Life and Cult in Medieval Durham
2292:, vol. 1, c. 550–c.1307, London: Routledge,
2086:, p. 69; Lapidge, "Anglo-Latin Literature", p. 18
968:by the sister of King Ecgfrith, the royal abbess
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1192:Biographical Dictionary of Dark Age Britain
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1069:(fifteen). A monk from the household of
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872:, become hungry in the territory of the
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928:Penitent ravens bring Cuthbert pig lard
887:Eagle with the fish on the river Teviot
166:, vol. iii, (Antwerp, 1668), pp. 117–24
114:Bayerische Staatsbibliothek, Clm. 15817
1005:boy brought to him in the district of
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443:(containing an account of the life of
414:(died 721), the bishop famous for the
51:Vita sancti Cuthberti auctore anonymo
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243:, and is an account of the life and
989:) named Hemma from a district name
540:. Bede, in his introduction to his
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1259:Thacker, "Origins", p. 111, n. 58
800:Cuthbert with the disguised angel
267:, it was not as well read in the
18:Vita Sancti Cuthberti (anonymous)
2350:, Oxford: Blackwell Publishing,
2246:Colgrave, Bertram, ed. (1985) ,
764:primarily based on St Omer 267.
278:It was completed soon after the
2513:History of the Scottish Borders
2320:Anglo-Latin literature, 600–899
134:British Library Harley MS 2800
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2290:Historical Writing in England
2186:Opus Deliberatum ac Perfectum
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2408:; Stancliffe, Clare (eds.),
2386:; Stancliffe, Clare (eds.),
2192:; Stancliffe, Clare (eds.),
1119:Historia de Sancto Cuthberto
993:(chapter three). He cures a
433:De Virtutibus Sancti Martini
2523:8th-century English writers
2368:, London: British Library,
1145:Love, "Hagiography", p. 226
895:teaching and baptizing the
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2508:Religion in Northumberland
2468:8th-century books in Latin
2184:Berschin, Walter (1989), "
1181:Thacker, "Origins", p. 113
144:Trier, Public Library 1151
2498:Religion in County Durham
2488:History of Northumberland
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2364:Marner, Dominic (2000),
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271:as the prose version by
2503:Christianity in Cumbria
2306:Hahn, Heinrich (1883),
737:Venerabilis Bedae Opera
474:' Latin translation of
410:It was commissioned by
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1077:Differences with Bede
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634:covering saints with
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399:saint in the mold of
393:bishop of Lindisfarne
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259:. Surviving in eight
257:bishop of Lindisfarne
224:Vita Sancti Cuthberti
190:bishop of Lindisfarne
163:Acta Sanctorum Martii
154:First printed edition
101:Lindisfarne monastery
73:bishop of Lindisfarne
35:Vita Sancti Cuthberti
1598:", p. 97; Colgrave,
848:at the monastery of
659:Vita Sancti Dunstani
651:Vita Sancti Guthlaci
488:Epistola ad Hilarium
452:Christian Scriptures
425:Venantius Fortunatus
343:Vita Sancti Columbae
2312:, Leipzig: Von Veit
2212:Anglo-Saxon England
1097:tonsure of Ripon).
1021:at a village named
759:, (Cambridge, 1940)
698:Abbey of St Maximin
675:Aichard of Jumièges
557:possessive pronouns
525:Life of St Cuthbert
504:Date and authorship
484:Victor of Aquitaine
468:Vita Sancti Antonii
464:Vita Sancti Martini
421:Vita Sancti Martini
416:Lindisfarne Gospels
300:Vita Sancti Martini
241:Anglo-Saxon England
93:699 × 705
2483:History of Cumbria
2123:Historical Writing
2084:Historical Writing
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514:translation
373:Old English
360:written at
308:Lindisfarne
280:translation
269:Middle Ages
261:manuscripts
237:Northumbria
230:hagiography
214:7th century
205:Northumbria
176:hagiography
124:St Omer 715
119:St Omer 267
2452:Categories
2177:References
2165:Colgrave,
2143:Colgrave,
2121:Gransden,
2082:Gransden,
2069:Colgrave,
2056:Colgrave,
2043:Colgrave,
2030:Colgrave,
2017:Colgrave,
2004:Colgrave,
1991:Colgrave,
1975:Colgrave,
1962:Colgrave,
1949:Colgrave,
1936:Colgrave,
1923:Colgrave,
1910:Colgrave,
1897:Colgrave,
1884:Colgrave,
1871:Colgrave,
1858:Colgrave,
1845:Colgrave,
1832:Colgrave,
1819:Colgrave,
1806:Colgrave,
1793:Colgrave,
1780:Colgrave,
1767:Colgrave,
1754:Colgrave,
1741:Colgrave,
1728:Colgrave,
1715:Colgrave,
1689:Colgrave,
1676:Colgrave,
1663:Colgrave,
1650:Colgrave,
1637:Colgrave,
1624:Colgrave,
1611:Colgrave,
1581:Colgrave,
1568:Colgrave,
1541:Colgrave,
1528:Colgrave,
1515:Colgrave,
1502:Colgrave,
1484:Colgrave,
1471:Colgrave,
1453:Colgrave,
1440:Colgrave,
1422:Colgrave,
1357:Colgrave,
1344:Colgrave,
1311:Colgrave,
1293:Colgrave,
1268:Colgrave,
1237:Colgrave,
1063:holy water
1019:the plague
899:, when an
858:Coldingham
814:river Wear
806:Lauderdale
669:("Life of
661:("Life of
653:("Life of
636:feast days
476:Athanasius
351:anonymous
345:("Life of
196:(died 687)
98:Provenance
2240:162543794
2232:0263-6751
2167:Two Lives
2145:Two Lives
2071:Two Lives
2058:Two Lives
2045:Two Lives
2032:Two Lives
2019:Two Lives
2006:Two Lives
1993:Two Lives
1977:Two Lives
1964:Two Lives
1951:Two Lives
1938:Two Lives
1925:Two Lives
1912:Two Lives
1899:Two Lives
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1860:Two Lives
1847:Two Lives
1834:Two Lives
1821:Two Lives
1808:Two Lives
1795:Two Lives
1782:Two Lives
1769:Two Lives
1756:Two Lives
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1730:Two Lives
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1665:Two Lives
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1639:Two Lives
1626:Two Lives
1613:Two Lives
1600:Two Lives
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1570:Two Lives
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1530:Two Lives
1517:Two Lives
1504:Two Lives
1486:Two Lives
1473:Two Lives
1455:Two Lives
1442:Two Lives
1424:Two Lives
1359:Two Lives
1346:Two Lives
1313:Two Lives
1295:Two Lives
1270:Two Lives
1239:Two Lives
1055:dysentery
1047:Hereberht
1043:in battle
1023:Medilwong
1003:paralytic
999:Bedesfeld
628:legendary
620:Augustine
593:De Ovibus
397:Bernician
304:monastery
253:Bernician
75:(698–721)
60:Anonymous
57:Author(s)
2288:(1997),
2267:(2009),
2099:", p. 96
1702:Fraser,
1219:Marner,
1210:", p. 98
1112:See also
970:Ælfflaed
920:Book iii
874:Niuduera
846:neophyte
768:Synopsis
694:Brussels
657:"), the
601:Synonyma
577:Salzburg
510:miracles
498:Ælfflaed
490:and the
472:Evagrius
466:and the
435:and the
377:Cuðberht
369:Cuthbert
249:Cuthbert
245:miracles
186:Cuthbert
80:Language
69:Eadfrith
2147:, p. 15
1572:, p. 51
1532:, p. 43
1506:, p. 19
1475:, p. 18
1444:, p. 45
1426:, p. 17
1348:, p. 11
1297:, p. 13
1241:, p. 12
1223:, p. 12
1095:Petrine
1091:tonsure
1051:Ælfflæd
1015:Carlise
980:Book iv
832:Book ii
690:Limburg
684:in the
612:Cyprian
456:Dialogi
437:Dialogi
381:Melrose
339:Adomnán
292:Dialogi
201:Setting
182:Subject
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1011:Hexham
995:maiden
991:Kintis
958:pardon
954:ravens
947:spring
910:flames
866:vigils
826:insane
784:Book i
618:, and
616:Jerome
579:under
569:Munich
401:Martin
385:hermit
383:monk,
362:Whitby
174:prose
65:Patron
2236:S2CID
1133:Notes
1036:With
987:comes
952:When
934:prior
901:eagle
870:Picts
854:angel
850:Ripon
822:reeve
810:Aidan
688:(now
647:Arras
632:vitae
529:abbot
389:Farne
263:from
232:from
171:Genre
84:Latin
2463:700s
2435:ISBN
2414:ISBN
2392:ISBN
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2329:ISBN
2325:1–36
2294:ISBN
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2228:ISSN
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1013:and
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974:Iona
962:lard
878:Fife
533:Vita
391:and
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284:Vita
273:Bede
220:The
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