Information AboutCeolfrid |
| CATEGORIES ABOUT CEOLFRID | |
| 717 deaths | |
| abbots of jarrow | |
| abbots of wearmouth | |
| anglo-saxon saints | |
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He was leader of the monastic community at Wearmouth and Jarrow after Benedict Biscop , and mentor to Bede . Ceolfrid, according to Bede, accompanied Benedict on at least one of his journeys to Rome . Sharing his master's love of books, Ceolfrid continued to develop the Library at Wearmouth, which amounted to 300 volumes—the largest in Anglo-Saxon England. He took over the leadership of the community in 686 . His greatest project was the compilation of three single-volume editions of the Bible, of which the only surviving copy is the Codex Amiatinus . Although very aged, he undertook to carry one copy to the Pope in Rome personally. After a long sea voyage Ceolfrid landed in Germany , but war detained him in the monastery of Langres in Burgundy , where he died. |
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