The saints of Northumbria lived during the 7th—10th centuries in what is today northern England

Northern England

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, the Scottish Borders

Scottish Borders

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 and the Lothian

Lothian

Lothian forms a traditional region of Scotland, lying between the southern shore of the Firth of Forth and the Lammermuir Hills....

. During the reign of king Oswald of Northumbria

Oswald of Northumbria

Oswald was King of Northumbria from 634 until his death, and is now venerated as a Christian saint.Oswald was the son of Æthelfrith of Bernicia and came to rule after spending a period in exile; after defeating the British ruler Cadwallon ap Cadfan, Oswald brought the two Northumbrian kingdoms of...

, an Irish monk Aidan

Aidan of Lindisfarne

Known as Saint Aidan of Lindisfarne, Aidan the Apostle of Northumbria , was the founder and first bishop of the monastery on the island of Lindisfarne in England. A Christian missionary, he is credited with restoring Christianity to Northumbria. Aidan is the Anglicised form of the original Old...

 was invited to reconvert the area to Christianity

Christianity

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. He and other Irish monks achieved this and subsequently the Northumbrians helped to reconvert much of the rest of England and also parts of the European Continent. This list includes all of the saints strongly associated with Northumbria

Northumbria

Northumbria was a medieval kingdom of the Angles, in what is now Northern England and South-East Scotland, becoming subsequently an earldom in a united Anglo-Saxon kingdom of England. The name reflects the approximate southern limit to the kingdom's territory, the Humber Estuary.Northumbria was...

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Saints

Name	Born	Life	Comments	Reference
Edwin of Northumbria Edwin of Northumbria Edwin , also known as Eadwine or Æduini, was the King of Deira and Bernicia – which later became known as Northumbria – from about 616 until his death. He converted to Christianity and was baptised in 627; after he fell at the Battle of Hatfield Chase, he was venerated as a saint.Edwin was the son...	Deira Deira Deira was a kingdom in Northern England during the 6th century AD. Itextended from the Humber to the Tees, and from the sea to the western edge of the Vale of York... , Northumbria Northumbria Northumbria was a medieval kingdom of the Angles, in what is now Northern England and South-East Scotland, becoming subsequently an earldom in a united Anglo-Saxon kingdom of England. The name reflects the approximate southern limit to the kingdom's territory, the Humber Estuary.Northumbria was...	586—632	King of Northumbria, converted to Christianity from paganism.
Paulinus of York Paulinus of York Paulinus was a Roman missionary and the first Bishop of York. A member of the Gregorian mission sent in 601 by Pope Gregory I to Christianize the Anglo-Saxons from their native Anglo-Saxon paganism, Paulinus arrived in England by 604 with the second missionary group...	Rome Rome Rome is the capital of Italy and the country's largest and most populated city and comune, with over 2.7 million residents in . The city is located in the central-western portion of the Italian Peninsula, on the Tiber River within the Lazio region of Italy.Rome's history spans two and a half...	died 644	First Bishop of York, converted Edwin to Christianity.
Oswald of Northumbria Oswald of Northumbria Oswald was King of Northumbria from 634 until his death, and is now venerated as a Christian saint.Oswald was the son of Æthelfrith of Bernicia and came to rule after spending a period in exile; after defeating the British ruler Cadwallon ap Cadfan, Oswald brought the two Northumbrian kingdoms of...	Deira, Northumbria	604—642	King of Northumbria, invited Aidan to reconvert his kingdom to Christianity.
Aidan of Lindisfarne Aidan of Lindisfarne Known as Saint Aidan of Lindisfarne, Aidan the Apostle of Northumbria , was the founder and first bishop of the monastery on the island of Lindisfarne in England. A Christian missionary, he is credited with restoring Christianity to Northumbria. Aidan is the Anglicised form of the original Old...	Connacht Connacht Connacht , formerly anglicised as Connaught, is one of the Provinces of Ireland situated in the west of Ireland. In Ancient Ireland, it was one of the fifths ruled by a "king of over-kings" . Following the Norman invasion of Ireland, the ancient kingdoms were shired into a number of counties for... , Ireland Ireland Ireland is an island to the northwest of continental Europe. It is the third-largest island in Europe and the twentieth-largest island on Earth...	died 651	First Bishop of Lindisfarne, invited by Oswald to reconvert Northumbria.
Oswine of Deira Oswine of Deira Oswine was a King of Deira in northern England. He succeeded King Oswald of Northumbria, probably around the year 644, after Oswald's death at the Battle of Maserfield. Oswine was the son of Osric....	Deira, Northumbria	died 651	King of Deira, died "at least for the justice of Christ".
Honorius of Canterbury	Rome	died 653	accompanied Paulinus, wrote to Pope Pope Honorius I Pope Honorius I was pope from 625 to 638.Honorius, according to the Liber Pontificalis, came from Campania and was the son of the consul Petronius. He became pope on October 27, 625, two days after the death of his predecessor, Boniface V...  to raise York into archbishoporic.
Everilda Everilda Saint Everilda of Everingham was a Saxon saint of the 7th century who founded a convent at Everingham, in the English county of the East Riding of Yorkshire....	Wessex Wessex The Kingdom of Wessex or Kingdom of the West Saxons was an Anglo-Saxon kingdom of the West Saxons, in South West England, from the 6th century, until the emergence of a united English state in the 10th century, under the Wessex dynasty. It was to be an earldom after Canute the Great's conquest...		Founder of Everingham Everingham Everingham is a village in the East Riding of Yorkshire, England. It is west of Market Weighton town centre and south of Pocklington town centre. Everingham is part of the civil parish of Everingham and Harswell.... . Wessex princess, became a nun in Northumbria.
Finan of Lindisfarne Finan of Lindisfarne Finan of Lindisfarne , also known as Saint Finan, was an Irish monk, trained at Iona in Scotland, who became Bishop of Lindisfarne from 651 until 661. Originally from Ireland, he founded a cathedral on Lindisfarne and converted the kings Sigebert of Essex and Peada of the Middle Angles to...	Ireland	died 661	Bishop of Lindisfarne, converted Sigeberht II of Essex Sigeberht II of Essex Sigeberht II, nicknamed the Good or the Blessed , was King of the East Saxons , in succession to his relative Sigeberht I the Little...  and Peada of Mercia Peada of Mercia Peada , a son of Penda, was briefly King of southern Mercia after his father's death in November 655 until his own death in the spring of the next year.In about the year 653 Peada was made king of the Middle Angles by his father... .
Colmán of Lindisfarne Colmán of Lindisfarne Colmán of Lindisfarne also known as Saint Colmán was Bishop of Lindisfarne from 661 until 664. He succeeded Aidan and Finan. Colman resigned the Bishopric of Lindisfarne after the Synod of Whitby called by King Oswiu of Northumbria decided to calculate Easter using the method of the First...	Ireland	605—675	Bishop of Lindisfarne, active during time of the Synod of Whitby Synod of Whitby The Synod of Whitby was a seventh century Northumbriansynod where King Oswiu of Northumbria ruled that his kingdom would calculate Easter and observe the monastic tonsure according to the customs of Rome, rather than the customs practised by Iona and its satellite institutions... .
Balin	Northumbria		Brother of Gerald of Mayo Gerald of Mayo Gerald of Mayo is a saint of the Catholic Church. A Northumbrian monk, Saint Gerald founded a monastery in County Mayo, Ireland and became its first abbot bishop. His brother Balin is also a saint.... , disciple of Colmán, moved to Connacht.
Tuda of Lindisfarne Tuda of Lindisfarne Tuda of Lindisfarne , also known as Saint Tuda, was Bishop of Lindisfarne for less than a year. Although raised in Ireland, he was a staunch believer in Roman Catholic practices, and wore a Roman tonsure and celebrated Easter on the Roman date. However, he was consecrated as bishop in Ireland...	Ireland	died 664	Bishop of Lindisfarne, staunch supporter of Latin calculations of Easter.
Boisil Boisil Saint Boisil was the Abbot of Melrose Abbey, now in Scotland.Almost all that is known of Saint Boisil is learned from Bede. He derived his information from Sigfrid, a monk of Jarrow, who had previously been trained by Boisil at Melrose...	Northumbria	died 664	Founder of Melrose Melrose, Scotland Melrose is a small town and civil parish in the Scottish Borders, historically in Roxburghshire. It is in the Eildon committee area.-Etymology:... , abbot who was the teacher of Cuthbert.
Hilda of Whitby Hilda of Whitby Hilda of Whitby or Hild of Whitby was a Christian saint and the founding abbess of the monastery at Whitby, which was chosen as the venue for the Synod of Whitby...	Deira, Northumbria	614—680	Founder of Whitby Whitby Whitby is a seaside town, port and civil parish in the Scarborough borough of North Yorkshire, England. Situated on the east coast of Yorkshire at the mouth of the River Esk, Whitby has a combined maritime, mineral and tourist heritage, and is home to the ruins of Whitby Abbey where Caedmon, the... , abbess and part of the Deiran royal family.
Æbbe the Elder	Northumbria	615—683	Founder of Ebchester Ebchester Ebchester is a village in County Durham, in England. It is situated to the north of Consett and to the south east of Whittonstall.The parish church, which is dedicated to St. Ebba is of ambiguous origin, being of partly Norman construction with a foundation, described as being pre-Conquest...  and St Abb's Head St Abb's Head St. Abb's Head is a rocky promontory at the village of St. Abbs, Berwickshire, Scottish Borders, and a National Nature Reserve administered by the National Trust of Scotland... , abbess and Bernician princess.
Eata of Hexham Eata of Hexham Eata , also known as Eata of Lindisfarne, was bishop of Lindisfarne from 678 until 685, and of Hexham from then until his death...	Northumbria	died 686	Bishop of Lindisfarne, earlier abbot, first non-Irishman to hold the bishopric.
Cedd Cedd Cedd was an Anglo-Saxon monk and bishop from Northumbria. He was an evangelist of the Middle Angles and East Saxons in England and a significant participant in the Synod of Whitby, a meeting which resolved important differences within the Church in England...	Northumbria	620—664	Bishop of London, brother of Chad, credited with reconversion of Essex Essex Essex is a ceremonial and non-metropolitan county in the East region of England, and one of the home counties. It is located to the northeast of Greater London. It borders with Cambridgeshire and Suffolk to the north, Hertfordshire to the west, Kent to the South and London to the south west... .
James the Deacon James the Deacon James the Deacon was an Italian deacon who accompanied Paulinus of York on his mission to Northumbria. He was a member of the Gregorian mission which came to England to Christianize the Anglo-Saxons from their native Anglo-Saxon paganism, although when he arrived in England is unknown...	Rome		accompanied Paulinus, taught people Gregorian chant Gregorian chant Gregorian chant is the central tradition of Western plainchant, a form of monophonic liturgical music within Western Christianity that accompanied the celebration of Mass and other ritual services...  and plain song.
Chad of Mercia Chad of Mercia Chad was a prominent 7th century Anglo-Saxon churchman, who became abbot of several monasteries, Bishop of the Northumbrians and subsequently Bishop of the Mercians and Lindsey People. He was later canonized as a saint. He was the brother of Cedd, also a saint...	Northumbria	died 672	Bishop of York, brother of Cedd Cedd Cedd was an Anglo-Saxon monk and bishop from Northumbria. He was an evangelist of the Middle Angles and East Saxons in England and a significant participant in the Synod of Whitby, a meeting which resolved important differences within the Church in England... , credited with Christianisation of Mercia Mercia Mercia was one of the kingdoms of the Anglo-Saxon Heptarchy. It was centred on the valley of the River Trent and its tributaries in the region now known as the English Midlands... .
Cædmon Cædmon Cædmon is the earliest English poet whose name is known. An Anglo-Saxon who cared for the animals and was attached to the double monastery of Streonæshalch during the abbacy of St. Hilda , he was originally ignorant of "the art of song" but learned to compose one night in the course of a dream,...	Whitby, Northumbria		Earliest English poet, herdsman who became a devoted monk
Hereswitha Hereswitha Hereswitha or Hereswyde , also spelt Hereswithe or Haeresvid, was a 7th century Northumbrian saint. She married into the East Anglian royal dynasty and afterwards retired to Gaul to lead a religious life...	Deira, Northumbria		sister of Hilda of Whitby, retired to Gaul Gaul Gaul was a region of Western Europe during the Iron Age and Roman era, encompassing present day France, Luxembourg and Belgium, most of Switzerland, the western part of Northern Italy, as well as the parts of the Netherlands and Germany on the left bank of the Rhine. The Gauls were the speakers of...  to lead religious life.
Begu Begu Saint Begu was a nun and later saint from Hackness, Yorkshire . She served at the monastic conversation in the nunnery of Hackness, near Scarborough which was built by St. Hilda of Whitby shortly before her death....	Hackness Hackness Hackness is a village and civil parish in the Scarboroughdistrict of the county of North Yorkshire, England.Hackness is mentioned as the site of a double monastery or nunnery by Bede, writing in the early 8th century. The church of Saint Mary has fragments of a high cross dating from the late 8th... , Northumbria	died 690	Nun at Whitby, witnessed miracle of Hilda.
The Two Ewalds	Northumbria	died 695	missionaries Ewald the Black and Ewald the Fair, martyred in Old Saxony Old Saxony Old Saxony is the original homeland of the Saxons in the northwest corner of modern Germany and roughly corresponds today with the contemporary Lower Saxony, Westphalia and western Saxony-Anhalt.... .
Eanflæd of Bernicia	Deira, Northumbria	626—704	Queen of Bernicia, later Abbess of Whitby succeeding Hilda.
Benedict Biscop Benedict Biscop Benedict Biscop , also known as Biscop Baducing, was an Anglo-Saxon abbot and founder of Monkwearmouth-Jarrow Priory and was considered a saint after his death.-Early career:...	Northumbria	628—690	Founder of Monkwearmouth Monkwearmouth Monkwearmouth is an area of Sunderland located at the north side of the mouth of the River Wear. It was one of the three original settlements on the banks of the River Wear along with Bishopwearmouth and Sunderland, the area now known as the East End. It includes the area around St. Peter's Church...  and Jarrow Jarrow Jarrow is a town in Tyne and Wear, England, located on the River Tyne, with a population of 27,526. From the middle of the 19th century until 1935, Jarrow was a centre for shipbuilding, and was the starting point of the Jarrow March against unemployment in 1936.-Foundation:The Angles re-occupied... , Benedictine abbot.
Bosa of York Bosa of York Bosa was a Northumbrian, educated at the great Abbey of Whitby under the abbess Hilda. He later joined the brethren there as a monk and became a noted scholar....	Northumbria	died 705	Bishop of York, educated as a scholar at Whitby Abbey under Hilda.
Hædde Hædde Hædde was a medieval Bishop of Winchester.-Life:Hædde was supposedly born in Headingley in West Yorkshire, and became a monk of Whitby Abbey. He was Bishop of Dorchester from 676. He moved the see to Winchester around 690 and died about 7 July 705, although the Anglo-Saxon Chronicle states that he...	Headingley Headingley Headingley is a suburb of Leeds in West Yorkshire, England. It is approximately two miles out of the city centre, to the north west along the A660 road... , Northumbria	died 705	Bishop of Winchester, was also a monk at Whitby Abbey.
Wilfrid Wilfrid Wilfrid was an English bishop and saint. Born a Northumbrian noble, he entered religious life as a teenager and studied at Lindisfarne, at Canterbury, in Gaul, and at Rome; he returned to Northumbria in about 660, and became the abbot of a newly founded monastery at Ripon...	Northumbria	633—709	Founder of Ripon Ripon Ripon is a cathedral city, market town and successor parish in the Borough of Harrogate, North Yorkshire, England, located at the confluence of two streams of the River Ure in the form of the Laver and Skell. The city is noted for its main feature the Ripon Cathedral which is architecturally...  and Preston City of Preston, Lancashire The City of Preston is a city and non-metropolitan district in Lancashire, England. It is located on the north bank of the River Ribble, and was granted city status in 2002, becoming England's 50th city in the 50th year of Queen Elizabeth II's reign... , Bishop of York, advocate of Latin Easter.
Cuthbert of Lindisfarne Cuthbert of Lindisfarne Saint Cuthbert was an Anglo-Saxon monk, bishop and hermit associated with the monasteries of Melrose and Lindisfarne in the Kingdom of Northumbria, at that time including, in modern terms, northern England as well as south-eastern Scotland as far as the Firth of Forth...	Dunbar Dunbar Dunbar is a town in East Lothian on the southeast coast of Scotland, approximately 28 miles east of Edinburgh and 28 miles from the English Border at Berwick-upon-Tweed.... , Northumbria	634—687	Bishop of Lindisfarne, priest and hermit, patron saint of Northumbria
Ceolfrith	Northumbria	642—716	Abbot of Wearmouth, major contributor to the project Codex Amiatinus Codex Amiatinus The Codex Amiatinus, designated by siglum A, is the earliest surviving manuscript of the nearly complete Bible in the Latin Vulgate version, and is considered to be the most accurate copy of St. Jerome's text. It is missing the Book of Baruch. It was produced in the Anglo-Saxon kingdom of... .
Easterwine Easterwine Eosterwine was the second Anglo-Saxon Abbot of Wearmouth in Northumbria .Eosterwine was the cousin of Saint Benedict Biscop. Descended from the noblest stock of Northumbria, as a young man he led the life of a soldier in the army of King Egfrid, the son of Oswy...	Northumbria	650—686	Abbot of Wearmouth, previously a soldier in earlier life.
Eadberht of Lindisfarne Eadberht of Lindisfarne Eadberht of Lindisfarne , also known as Saint Eadberht, was Bishop of Lindisfarne, England, from 688 until 698. He is notable as having founded the holy shrine to his predecessor Saint Cuthbert on the island of Lindisfarne, a place that was to become a centre of great pilgrimage in later years.It...	Northumbria	died 698	Bishop of Lindisfarne, favoured poverty, long periods of solitude and devotion.
Ælfflæd of Whitby Ælfflæd of Whitby Saint Ælfflæd was the daughter of King Oswiu of Northumbria and Eanflæd. She was abbess of Whitby Abbey from the death of her kinswoman Hilda in 680, first jointly with her mother, then alone.Most of Ælfflæd's life was spent as a nun...	Deira, Northumbria	654—713	Daughter of king Oswiu of Northumbria Oswiu of Northumbria Oswiu , also known as Oswy or Oswig , was a King of Bernicia. His father, Æthelfrith of Bernicia, was killed in battle, fighting against Rædwald, King of the East Angles and Edwin of Deira at the River Idle in 616...  and Eanflæd, Abbess of Whitby.
Willibrord Willibrord __notoc__Willibrord was a Northumbrian missionary saint, known as the "Apostle to the Frisians" in the modern Netherlands...	Northumbria	658—739	Founder of Utrecht Utrecht (city) Utrecht city and municipality is the capital and most populous city of the Dutch province of Utrecht. It is located in the eastern corner of the Randstad conurbation, and is the fourth largest city of the Netherlands with a population of 312,634 on 1 Jan 2011.Utrecht's ancient city centre features... , missionary known as Apostle of the Frisians Frisians The Frisians are a Germanic ethnic group native to the coastal parts of the Netherlands and Germany. They are concentrated in the Dutch provinces of Friesland and Groningen and, in Germany, East Frisia and North Frisia, that was a part of Denmark until 1864. They inhabit an area known as Frisia... .
Acca of Hexham Acca of Hexham Acca , Bishop of Hexham.Born in Northumbria, Acca first served in the household of Bosa, the future Bishop of York, but later attached himself to Saint Wilfrid, possibly as early as 678, and accompanied him on his travels. On the return from their second journey to Rome in 692, Wilfrid was...	Northumbria	660—740	Bishop of Hexham, strong promoter of education.
Suitbert of Kaiserwerdt Suitbert of Kaiserwerdt Saint Suitbert, Suidbert, Suitbertus, or Swithbert was the "Apostle of the Frisians", born in Northumbria in the seventh century. He studied in Ireland, at Rathmelsigi, Connacht, along with St. Egbert. The latter, filled with zeal for the conversion of the Germans, had sent St...	Northumbria	died 713	Founder of Kaiserswerth, joined Willibrord's Frisian mission.
Egbert of Northumbria Egbert of Northumbria Saint Ecgberht was an Anglo-Saxon monk of Northumbria and Bishop of Lindisfarne. As a youth he went on a perigrinatio, or pilgrimage far from home, traveling to Ireland. One of his acquaintances at this time was Chad. He settled at the monastery of Rathelmigisi , identified with Mellifont in...	Northumbria	died 729	monk at the Abbey of Rathmelsigi Abbey of Rathmelsigi The Abbey of Rathmelsigi or of Rath Melsigi, "in the language of the Scots" according to Bede was a prominent abbey in the seventh-century kingdom of Connaught, in Ireland... , arranged Willibrord's Frisian mission.
Adalbert of Egmond Adalbert of Egmond Saint Adalbert of Egmond was a Northumbrian Anglo-Saxon missionary. He was one of Saint Willibrord's companions in preaching the gospel in Holland and Frisia....	Northumbria		monk at the Abbey of Rathmelsigi, joined Willibrord's Frisian mission.
John of Beverley John of Beverley John of Beverley was an English bishop active in the kingdom of Northumbria. He was the Bishop of Hexham and then the Bishop of York which was the most important religious designation in the area. He went on to found the town of Beverley by building the first structure there, a monastery...	Harpham Harpham Harpham is a small village and civil parish in the East Riding of Yorkshire, England. It is located just south of the A614 road, approximately north east of Driffield and south west of Bridlington.... , Northumbria	died 721	Founder of Beverley Beverley Beverley is a market town, civil parish and the county town of the East Riding of Yorkshire, England, located between the River Hull and the Westwood. The town is noted for Beverley Minster and architecturally-significant religious buildings along New Walk and other areas, as well as the Beverley... , Bishop of Hexham Bishop of Hexham The Bishop of Hexham was an episcopal title which took its name after the market town of Hexham in Northumberland, England. The title was first used by the Anglo-Saxons in the 7th and 9th centuries, and then by the Roman Catholic Church in the 19th century....  and then Bishop of York.
Eadfrith of Lindisfarne Eadfrith of Lindisfarne Eadfrith of Lindisfarne , also known as Saint Eadfrith, was Bishop of Lindisfarne, probably from 698 onwards. By the twelfth century it was believed that Eadfrith succeeded Eadberht and nothing in the surviving records contradicts this belief...	Northumbria	died 721	Bishop of Lindisfarne, said to have been artist of the Lindisfarne Gospels Lindisfarne Gospels The Lindisfarne Gospels is an illuminated Latin manuscript of the gospels of Matthew, Mark, Luke and John in the British Library... .
Bede Bede Bede , also referred to as Saint Bede or the Venerable Bede , was a monk at the Northumbrian monastery of Saint Peter at Monkwearmouth, today part of Sunderland, England, and of its companion monastery, Saint Paul's, in modern Jarrow , both in the Kingdom of Northumbria...	Jarrow Jarrow Jarrow is a town in Tyne and Wear, England, located on the River Tyne, with a population of 27,526. From the middle of the 19th century until 1935, Jarrow was a centre for shipbuilding, and was the starting point of the Jarrow March against unemployment in 1936.-Foundation:The Angles re-occupied... , Northumbria	672—735	author of History of the English People, recognised Doctor of the Church Doctor of the Church Doctor of the Church is a title given by a variety of Christian churches to individuals whom they recognize as having been of particular importance, particularly regarding their contribution to theology or doctrine.-Catholic Church:In the Catholic Church, this name is given to a saint from whose... .
Æthelwold of Lindisfarne Æthelwold of Lindisfarne Æthelwold of Lindisfarne was Bishop of Lindisfarne from 721 until 740.Æthelwold contributed to the production of the Lindisfarne Gospels: he took the raw manuscripts that his predecessor Eadfrith had prepared and had Billfrith bind them so that they could be read easily...	Northumbria	died 740	Bishop of Lindisfarne, oversaw binding of the raw Lindisfarne Gospels.
Wilfrid II Wilfrid II Wilfrid or Wilfrith also known as Wilfrid the Younger, was the last Bishop of York, as the see was converted to an archbishopric during the time of his successor. In the 10th century, two different groups claim to have taken the relics of an earlier Wilfrid from Ripon; most likely one party took...	Whitby, Northumbria	died 745	Bishop of York, described as a very holy man, and interested in education.
Osana Osana Osana was a Northumbrian princess, whose local following as a saint developed informally after her death, though she was never officially canonised. Centuries after her death, she was described by the Norman-Welsh chronicler Geraldus Cambrensis as the sister of King Osred I of Northumbria, which...	Deira, Northumbria	698—750	sister of Osred I of Northumbria Osred I of Northumbria Osred was king of Northumbria from 705 until his death. He was the son of King Aldfrith of Northumbria. Aldfrith's only known wife was Cuthburg, but it is not certainly known whether Osred was her son... , known for miraculous grave flagellation.
Baldred of Tyninghame Baldred of Tyninghame Balthere of Tyninghame was a Northumbrian hermit and abbot, resident in East Lothian during the 8th century.-Dating:According to Hovendeus the date of Baldred's death is given as 756. Symeon of Durham says "the twentieth year of King Eadberht of Northumbria " and Turgot of Durham "the...	Ireland	died 757	Hermit and priest, moved to Lindisfarne, known as Apostle of the Lothian Lothian Lothian forms a traditional region of Scotland, lying between the southern shore of the Firth of Forth and the Lammermuir Hills.... s.
Billfrith Billfrith Billfrith is an obscure Northumbrian saint credited with providing the jewel and metalwork encrusting the former binding of the Lindisfarne Gospels...	Northumbria	died 758	Benedictine hermit, silversmith who bound the Lindisfarne Gospels.
Æthelwold of Farne Æthelwold of Farne Saint Æthelwold of Farne was a late 7th century hermit who lived on Inner Farne, off the coast of the English county of Northumberland....	Northumbria		Hermit who lived on Inner Farne, priest and a monk at Ripon Abbey.
Lebuinus Lebuinus Lebuinus , Apostle of the Frisians and patron of Deventer .-Life:Lebuinus was a monk in Wilfrid's monastery at Ripon...	Ripon Ripon Ripon is a cathedral city, market town and successor parish in the Borough of Harrogate, North Yorkshire, England, located at the confluence of two streams of the River Ure in the form of the Laver and Skell. The city is noted for its main feature the Ripon Cathedral which is architecturally... , Northumbria	died 773	Founder of Deventer Deventer Deventer is a municipality and city in the Salland region of the Dutch province of Overijssel. Deventer is largely situated on the east bank of the river IJssel, but also has a small part of its territory on the west bank. In 2005 the municipality of Bathmen Deventer is a municipality and city in... , an Apostle of the Frisians.
Alcmund of Hexham Alcmund of Hexham Alcmund of Hexham, also spelt Ealhmund, Alhmund or Alchmund became the 7th bishop of the see of Hexham in Northumberland when he was consecrated on 24 April 767; the see was centred on the church there founded by Saint Wilfrid. Alcmund died on 7 September 781 and was buried beside Saint Acca...	Northumbria	died 781	Bishop of Hexham. Considered a saint after death.
Ælfwald I of Northumbria Ælfwald I of Northumbria Ælfwald was king of Northumbria from 778 to 788. He is thought to have been a son of Oswulf, and thus a grandson of Eadberht Eating.Ælfwald became king after Æthelred son of Æthelwald Moll was deposed in 778...	Northumbria	died 788	King of Northumbria. Considered a saint at Hexham Abbey Hexham Abbey Hexham Abbey is a place of Christian worship dedicated to St Andrew and located in the town of Hexham, Northumberland, in northeast England. Since the Dissolution of the Monasteries in 1537, the Abbey has been the parish church of Hexham.-History:...  after murder.
Willehad of Bremen Willehad of Bremen Saint Willehad of Bremen Saint Willehad of Bremen Saint Willehad of Bremen (also known as Willehadus or Willihad; (Northumbria, *around 745 – November 8 or November 9, 789*, in Blexen upon Weser, today a part of Nordenham) was a Christian missionary and the Bishop of Bremen from 787....	Northumbria	735—789	First Bishop of Bremen, missionary to the Saxons under Charlemagne Charlemagne Charlemagne was King of the Franks from 768 and Emperor of the Romans from 800 to his death in 814. He expanded the Frankish kingdom into an empire that incorporated much of Western and Central Europe. During his reign, he conquered Italy and was crowned by Pope Leo III on 25 December 800... .
Alkelda Alkelda Saint Alkelda , also spelt Alcelda, was an Anglo-Saxon princess of whom almost nothing is known and whose existence has been questioned....	Northumbria	died 800	princess and nun, strangled by Viking women during raid at Middleham.
Alcmund of Derby Alcmund of Derby Alcmund of Derby or of Lilleshall, also spelt Ealhmund, Alhmund, Alkmund, or Alchmund was son of Alhred of Northumbria. After more than twenty years in exile among the Picts as a result of Northumbrian dynastic struggles, he returned with an army...	Northumbria	died 800	Northumbrian prince, son of king Alhred of Northumbria Alhred of Northumbria Alhred or Alchred was king of Northumbria from 765 to 774. He had married Osgifu, either the daughter of Oswulf, granddaughter of Eadberht Eating, or Eadberht's daughter, and was thus related by marriage to Ecgbert, Archbishop of York... .
Bega Saint Bega Stained glass window in [[St Bees Priory]] showing the arrival of St Bega on the coast.|thumb|rightSaint Bega was reputedly a saint of the Early Middle Ages; an Irish princess who valued virginity. Promised in marriage to a Viking prince who, according to a medieval manuscript The Life of St Bega,...	Ireland		princess from Ireland, valued virginity, moved to Northumbria to avoid pirates.
Æbbe of Coldingham	Northumbria	died 870	Founder of Coldingham Coldingham Coldingham is a historic village in Berwickshire, Scottish Borders, on Scotland's southeast coastline, north of Eyemouth.As early as AD 660, Coldingham was the site of a religious establishment of high order, when it is recorded that Etheldreda, the queen of Egfrid, became a nun at the Abbey of... , origin of cutting off the nose to spite the face Cutting off the nose to spite the face "Cutting off the nose to spite the face" is an expression used to describe a needlessly self-destructive over-reaction to a problem: "Don't cut off your nose to spite your face" is a warning against acting out of pique, or against pursuing revenge in a way that would damage oneself more than the... .