Bède le Vénérable, Historia ecclesiastica gentis Anglorum (Histoire ecclésiastique du peuple anglais). Beda Petersburgiensis, fol. 3v, 746
Saint Ceolwulf
Roi de Northumbrie puis
moine (+ v. 765)
Ceolwulph ou Ceolulph
Homme instruit et pieux,
roi de Northumbrie de 729 à 737 (à part une courte période entre 731 et 732 où
il fut déposé puis reinstallé), peu enclin à l'autorité nécessaire, il abdiqua
en 738 et rejoignit le monastère de Lindisfarne. Saint
Bède dédia son 'Histoire de l'Eglise' à Ceolwulf le 'roi le plus
glorieux'
SOURCE : HTTP://NOMINIS.CEF.FR/CONTENUS/SAINT/10649/SAINT-CEOLWULF.HTML
Also
known as
Ceolwulf
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Eighth century king of
Northumbria in England.
Patron and supporter of Venerable Bede who
dedicated his Ecclesiastical History to Ceolwulph. In later life
Ceolwulph abdicated and
became a monk at Lindisfarne
Abbey, possibly as a way to prevent a war over his throne.
Born
764 of
natural causes
relics translated
to Nohram-on-Tweed, England in 830
some relics later
transferred to Durham, England
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CEOLWULPH (Saint)
(January 18) (8th century) The successor of Osric as King of Northumbria. He is
the prince to whom Venerable Bede dedicated his Ecclesiastical History. After
some years, resigning his crown, he became a monk at Lindisfarne, dying there A.D.
764. Many miracles were wrought at his tomb.
MLA
Citation
Monks of Ramsgate.
“Ceolwulph”. Book of Saints, 1921. CatholicSaints.Info. 2 October 2012.
Web. 26 August 2026.
<http://catholicsaints.info/book-of-saints-ceolwulph/>
SOURCE : https://catholicsaints.info/book-of-saints-ceolwulph/
St. Ceolwulf of
Northumbria
Feastday: January 15
Death: 764
King of Northumbria,
England, and patron of St. Bede. He resigned in 738 and became a monk at
Lindisfame. St. Bede dedicated
his Ecclesiastical History to “the most gracious King Ceolwulf.”
SOURCE : https://www.catholic.org/saints/saint.php?saint_id=2651
Ceolwulf, OSB, King, Monk
(AC)
(also known as Ceowulf,
Ceolwulph)
Died 764 (or perhaps a
few years earlier). King Ceolwulf of Northumbria, England, abdicated his throne
after reigning for eight years to become a monk at Lindisfarne. Or so some
sources would have you believe. Apparently the story is deeper, Ceolwulf ascended
the throne of Northumbria in 729 and just two years later he was captured and
forcibly tonsured. Later that year he was released and continued his rule.
Somehow God was working
even in the evil of civil unrest. In 737 or 738, Ceolwulf did indeed willingly
give up civil power in exchange for the grace of the evangelical counsels at
Lindisfarne. He was so highly venerated that the Venerable Bede dedicated his
Ecclesiastical History to "the Most Glorious King Ceolwulf." Bede
praised Ceolwulf's piety but was reserved regarding the king's ability to
govern.
At Lindisfarne, which he
endowed so generously that the monks could then afford to drink beer or wine
(formerly, like many ascetics, they drank only water or milk), Ceolwulf
encouraged learning and the monastic lifestyle. Ceolwulf was buried near Saint
Cuthbert at the monastery, where miracles were believed to prove his sanctity.
The relics of both saints were translated in 830 to Egred's new church at
Norham-on- Tweed. Later Ceolwulf's head was transferred to Durham
(Benedictines, Delaney, Farmer, Gill).
SOURCE : http://www.saintpatrickdc.org/ss/0115.shtml
Menology
of England and Wales – Saint Ceolwulf, King, Confessor, A.D. 764
Article
Ceolwulf succeeded to the
crown of Northumbria on the death of Osric. The beginning of his reign was
disturbed by faction and rebellion, and he was forcibly seized by his enemies
and compelled to receive the monastic tonsure about the year 731. He was,
however, soon restored, and ruled peaceably till his voluntary abdication in
737. It was to this prince that Saint Bede dedicated his Ecclesiastical
History, and in his Epistle he bears testimony to his piety and love of
learning. It was also while Ceolwulf was King, tha*t the pallium was granted
anew to the See of York, which had never been done since the time of Saint
Paulinus; and thus Egbert, who then ruled the diocese, became the second
Archbishop.
The fervent piety of
Ceolwulf led him to seek the means of greater perfection in the religious
state, and after governing his people a few years, he took refuge at
Lindisfarne. There he led a holy life for many years, an example of true
contempt for the vanities of the world. Eventually his relics were taken to the
Church of Norham, and the translation was marked by many miracles.
MLA
Citation
Father Richard Stanton.
“Saint Ceolwulf, King, Confessor, A.D. 764”. Menology
of England and Wales, 1887. CatholicSaints.Info.
9 June 2023. Web. 26 August 2026. <https://catholicsaints.info/menology-of-england-and-wales-saint-ceolwulf-king-confessor-a-d-764/>
SOURCE : https://catholicsaints.info/menology-of-england-and-wales-saint-ceolwulf-king-confessor-a-d-764/
Ceolwulf
(CEOLWULPH or CEOLULPH)
King of Northumbria
and monk of Lindisfarne, date and
place of birth not known; died at Lindisfarne,
764. His ancestry is thus given by the "Anglo-Saxon Chronicle":
"Ceolwulf was the son of Cutha, Cutha of Cuthwin, Cuthwin of Leoldwald, Leoldwald of Egwald, Egwald of Aldhelm, Aldhelm of Ocga, Ocga of
Ida, Ida of Eoppa." Harpsfeld says that he succeeded Osred on
the throne, but most authorities say that he
was adopted as heir by Osric in 729. Learned and pious,
he lacked the vigour and authority necessary for
a ruler. Bede bears witness to
his learning and piety in
the introductory chapter of his "Ecclesiastical History".
He dedicated this work "to the most glorious King
Ceolwulph", sent it to him for his approval, and addresses him thus:
"I cannot but commend the sincerity and zeal,
with which you not only give ear to hear the words of Holy
Scripture, but also industriously take care to become acquainted with
the actions and sayings of former men of renown."
His unfitness for
his duties as
king prompted his subjects to seize him and confine him in a monastery in
the second year of his reign. He escaped from this confinement
and reascended the throne. During his reign he appointed his
cousin Egbert to be Bishop of York,
and Bede tells
us that the ecclesiastical affairs
of his kingdom were presided over by the four bishops, Wilfrid,
Ethelwald, Acca, and Pecthelm. After a reign of eight years he
wearied of "the splendid cares of royalty", and voluntarily resigned
to become a monk at Lindisfarne (738).
His cousin Eadbert succeeded him. Ranulphus Cestrensis speaks of his retirement
to St.
Bede's monastery of
Jarrow, but all others agree that it was Lindisfarne.
He brought to the monastery many
treasures and much land, and after his entrance the monks were
first allowed to drink wine and beer, contrary to
the tradition handed down from St.
Aidan, who only allowed them milk or water. Henry
of Huntingdon, when entering into detail with regard to his retirement,
says he was principally urged to it by reading the writings of Bede on
the lives of former kings who had resigned their thrones to enter
the monastic state.
He was buried in
the cathedral of Lindisfarne next
to the tomb of St.
Cuthbert, and, according to Malmesbury, many miracles were
wrought at his tomb.
The body was afterwards transferred to the mainland of Northumberland, probably
along with St.
Cuthbert's, in order to preserve it from desecration at
the time of the Danish invasion.
His feast
day in the calendar is the 15th of January.
Sources
BEDE, Eccles.
History (ed. (GILES), I, 334, 335, 340; Acta SS., Jan. 25,I;
LINGARD, Hist. of England (London, 1854), I, 71, 72; DIXON AND
RAINE'S Fasti Eborac., 94; Anglo-Saxon Chronicle (ed. GILES),
index; RAINE, Hist. of North Durham, 68.
Hind, George.
"Ceolwulf." The Catholic Encyclopedia. Vol. 3. New York: Robert
Appleton Company, 1908. 15 Jan. 2017
<http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/03537a.htm>.
Transcription. This
article was transcribed for New Advent by Douglas J. Potter. Dedicated to the
Immaculate Heart of the Blessed Virgin Mary.
Ecclesiastical approbation. Nihil
Obstat. November 1, 1908. Remy Lafort, S.T.D., Censor. Imprimatur. +John
Cardinal Farley, Archbishop of New York.
Copyright © 2020 by Kevin
Knight. Dedicated to the Immaculate Heart of Mary.
SOURCE : http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/03537a.htm
St. Ceolwulf
King of Northumbria
(c.AD 695-764)
Born: circa AD 695
Died: 15th Janury AD 764 at Lindisfarne Priory, Northumberland
Ceolwulf was of the race
of King Ida the Burner of Bernicia; but of a younger branch of the
family to the mighty house of Aethelric which was in the ascendant at the time of
his birth, around AD 695. The House of Ocga only came to the fore when
Ceolwulf's brother, Coenred, seized the Northumbrian throne in AD 716. He ruled
for only two years, but Celowulf must have enjoyed the short-lived influence
which it brought him.
King Osric, the last of
the House of Aethelric, then took the Northumbrian crown and ruled for more
than ten years. In AD 729, he nominated Ceolwulf as his successor and died
shortly afterward. Ceolwulf was a man with deep monastic interests, perhaps
little suited to affairs of state. Bede looked to him as his patron and
dedicated his "History of the English Church" to him in AD 731.
Ceolwulf, meanwhile, was vainly attempting to struggle against the disorder and
decay of his country; but that same year, he was ambushed, made captive by, now
unknown, enemies and shut up in a monastery. He did still, however, have
supporters throughout the country and they were, fortunately, able to secure
his escape and subsequent restoration to the throne. Bishop Acca of Hexham was
expelled from his See shortly after these events and it seems likely he was a
major opponent of Ceolwulf's regime.
Ceolwulf reigned justly
on for some eight years, before regrets and an unconquerable desire for that
mon-astic life compelled him to abandon his lofty position. He made the best
provisions possible for the security of his country and for a good understanding
between the spiritual and temporal authorities, nominating, as his successor,
his worthy cousin, Prince Edbert. Then, giving up the cares of powers, he
resigned. He cut his long beard, had his head shaved in the form of a crown and
retired to bury himself anew on the holy island of Lindisfarne, in the
monastery beaten by the winds and waves of the North Sea. There, he passed the
last twenty or so years of his life in study and happiness. He had, while King,
enriched this monastery with many great gifts, and obtained permission for the
use of wine and beer for the monks, who, up to that time, according to the
rigid rule of ancient Celtic discipline, had been allowed no beverage but water
and milk.
He died on 15th January
AD 764 and was buried next to St. Cuthbert in Lindisfarne Priory. Miracles
attested his sanctity and his holy body followed St. Cuthbert's to the newly
built church at Norham-upon-Tweed, in AD 830. Here he remained, a major
pilgrimage attraction until the Reformation, though his head was translated to
Durham Cathedral.
Partly Edited from S.
Baring-Gould's "The Lives of the Saints" (1877).
SOURCE : http://www.britannia.com/bios/saxkings/ceolwulf.html
San Ceolwulf Re di
Northumbria
† Lindisfarne,
Inghilterra, 760/764
Osric, figlio di Cuthe,
re di Northumbria, alla sua morte designò a succedergli il fratello Ceolwulf
che, probabilmente, durante il suo regno aveva vissuto in un monastero senza
tentare di insidiargli il trono. Il nuovo re favorì lo sviluppo della Chiesa,
scegliendo buoni prelati per le nuove diocesi e dando egli stesso esempio di
vita cristianamente fervorosa. Simeone di Durham fissa al 729 la data della
sua incoronazione che, invece, dal Saxon Chronicle è posta al 731 : in
quest'anno, però, secondo il continuatore di Beda, si ebbe un'insurrezione e
il re, deposto, fu costretto a subire la tonsura. Liberato, Ceolwulf dopo
qualche tempo abdicò spontaneamente e si fece monaco a Lindisfarne (737), dove
morì pieno di meriti nel 760 (secondo Fiorenzo di Worchester) o nel 764
(secondo Simeone di Durham). Il suo corpo dopo qualche tempo fu traslato a
Norham a cura del vescovo Ecgred, a eccezione del cranio che fu portato a
Durham nella chiesa di S. Cutberto; la sua festa si celebra il 15 genn.
A quanto sembra, Ceolwulf
ebbe una buona cultura scritturistica : è a lui (gloriosissimo regi Ceoluulfo)
che Beda dedicò la sua Historia Ecclesiastica, ritenendo che la storia dovesse
essere maestra di vita, specie per un re.
Autore: Giovanni
Battista Proja
SOURCE : http://www.santiebeati.it/dettaglio/94510
Den hellige Ceolwulf av
Northumbria (~695-764)
Minnedag:
15. januar
Ceolwulf og hans bror
Kenred nedstammet fra Idas sønn Ocga og tilhørte dermed en sidegrein til
kongehuset i Bernicia. Etter mordet på Osred i 716 ble Ceolwulfs bror Kenred
(Coenred) konge av Northumbria, men han satt i bare to år (716-18) før han døde
i 718. I 718 tok Osric, den siste av Ethelriks hus, tilbake tronen og ble konge
av Northumbria (718-29). I 729 adopterte Osric Ceolwulf som sin arving og
utnevnte ham til sin etterfølger, og kort etter døde han. Dermed ble Ceolwulf
konge og Ocgas etterkommere var igjen på tronen.
Den dynastiske flytende
tilstanden i Northumbria som disse hendelsene kan antyde, kan delvis være
grunnen til den politiske ustabiliteten i Ceolwulfs regjeringstid. Ceolwulf var
lærd og from, men manglet den nødvendige kraft og autoritet som var nødvendig
for å styre. Han spurte den hellige Beda den Ærverdige om
råd i alle viktige saker. Beda dediserte sin Kirkehistorie, Historia
Ecclesiastica gentis Anglorum, til ham i 731 og priste høylydt hans
fromhet, men han uttrykte også reservasjoner om hans evner til å styre. Men
Beda forteller at samtidig var en fredsavtale i kraft med pikterne, irene var
fornøyd og britene ute av stand til å forårsake skade, så ytre sett var det
«gode tider med fred og velstand» (Beda, Historia Ecclesiastica gentis
Anglorum, 5.23).
I 731 ble Ceolwulf avsatt
av nå ukjente fiender ved å bli tatt til fange, og med tvang ble han gitt
tonsur og plassert i et kloster. Men han hadde fortsatt tilhengere over hele
landet, så han klarte å rømme eller ble løslatt samme år, og han fortsatte å
styre til 737. Hendelsen nevnes i de irske annalene under 730, i en form som
har skapt noe forvirring mellom Ceolwulf og en fyrste av Dál Riata kalt
Eochaid, som ikke har noen tilknytning.
Beda forteller at de
kirkelige spørsmålene i kongeriket ble presidert over av de fire biskopene
Pecthelm (første engelske biskop av Whithorn i Skottland) og de hellige
Ethelwald av Lindisfarne, Wilfrid den Yngre av
York og Acca
av Hexham. I 732 trakk enten Acca seg tilbake eller han ble forvist fra
sitt sete i Hexham av ukjente grunner. Dette settes i sammenheng med Ceolwulfs
gjeninnsettelse, for det synes sannsynlig at Acca var en hovedmotstander av
Ceolwulfs regime. Samme år trakk også Wilfrid seg tilbake, men han gjorde det
frivillig, og Ceolwulf utnevnte sin hellige fetter Egbert til
ny biskop av York.
Etter åtte år på tronen
abdiserte Ceolwulf i 737 (ikke 738 som det angis i noen kilder) og ble
etterfulgt av sin verdige fetter og erkebiskop Egberts bror, den hellige Edbert
(Eadberht) (737-58). Selv ble Ceolwulf munk i klosteret på Lindisfarne (nå Holy
Island), en øy utenfor kysten av Northumbria som er landfast ved lavvann. Denne
gangen mottok han tonsuren frivillig. I klostret fremmet Ceolwulf lærdom og en
monastisk livsstil. Forfattere i Durham på 1000- og 1100-tallet husket ham for
å ha gitt eiendommen Warkworth i Northumberland til den kirken. De husket også
Ceolwulf for at da han var kommet til Lindisfarne, utrustet han kommuniteten
med mange skatter og mye land, og hans sjenerøsitet gjorde dem i stand til å
drikke øl eller vin, mens de tidligere bare pleide å drikke bare vann eller
melk, som så mange irske og walisiske asketer.
Ceolwulf døde den 15.
januar 764, eller kanskje noen år tidligere (760?), og han ble gravlagt nær den
hellige Cuthbert i
katedralen på Lindisfarne, hvor man mente at miraklene som skjedde, var et tegn
på hans hellighet. Hans relikvier ble i 830 overført til Egreds nybygde kirke i
Norham-on-Tweed sammen med Cuthberts for å redde dem unna vanhelligelse i de
danske vikingangrepene. Her var hans skrin et stort valfartsmål til
reformasjonen, selv om hans hode var blitt overført til Durham. Hans minnedag
er dødsdagen 15. januar.
John Leland, som reiste
rundt i England på 1540-tallet, kopierte en liste over engelske helgengraver
«fra en liten bok over steder hvor helgener hviler i England» (E libello
de locis, quibus S. in Angl[ia] requiescunt). Der står det: In monasterio
Lindisfarnensi, Eata et Alfridus [et] Eadbertus eiusdem loci episcopi, et
Ceoluulphus, rex et c[on]fessor, et Oildiualdus anachoreta («I klosteret
på Lindisfarne, Eata og Edfrid og Edbert, biskop av samme sted, og Ceolwulf,
konge og bekjenner, og Ethelwald, eremitt»).{Nicholas Grant, ’John Leland’s
List of «Places where Saints Rest in England»’, Analecta Bollandiana,
122:2 (2004), s 385} Selv om det sies at de nevnte fem helgenene hviler på
Lindisfarne, var ingen av dem der på det tidspunktet denne listen ble samlet,
selv om klosteret antakelig hadde igjen noen relikvier av hver av dem. Edbert
er den eneste av de fem som nevnes i en annen helgengravliste, nemlig Hugo
Candidus’ latinske krønike om Peterborough Abbey fra midten av 1100-tallet, som
bygger på listen over helgengraver fra første halvdel av 1000-tallet, «On the
Resting-Places of the Saints», eller på gammelengelsk Secgan be þam Godes
sanctum þe on Engla lande ærost restan.
Kilder: Attwater/Cumming,
Farmer, Benedictines, Delaney, Bunson, Grant, KIR, CE, CSO, Patron Saints SQPN,
Infocatho, Bautz, santiebeati.it, en.wikipedia.org, britannia.com, celt-saints,
ODNB - Kompilasjon og oversettelse: p. Per Einar Odden
Opprettet: 26. mai 2004
SOURCE : https://www.katolsk.no/biografier/historisk/cnorthum
