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St Laurence Church
St Laurence Church
St Laurence Church
St Laurence Church
St Laurence Church
St Laurence Church
St Laurence Church
St Laurence Church
St Laurence Church
St Laurence Church
St Laurence Church
St Laurence Church
St Laurence Church
St Laurence Church
St Laurence Church
St Laurence Church
St Laurence Church
St Laurence Church
St Laurence Church
St Laurence Church
St Laurence Church
St Laurence Church
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1 Hallgarth, High Pittington, Durham DH6 1AB, UK

Cuthbert is a saint of the early Northumbrian church in the Celtic tradition. He was a monk, bishop and hermit, associated with the monasteries of Melrose and Lindisfarne in what might loosely be termed the Kingdom of Northumbria, in North East England and the South East of Scotland. After his death he became one of the most important medieval saints of Northern England, with a cult centred on his tomb at Durham Cathedral. Cuthbert is regarded as the patron saint of Northern England. His feast days are 20 March , also 31 August and 4 September . Cuthbert grew up near Old Melrose Abbey, a daughter-house of Lindisfarne, today in Scotland. He had decided to become a monk after seeing a vision on the night in 651 that St Aidan, the founder of Lindisfarne, died, but he seems to have seen some military service first. He was quickly made guest-master at the new monastery at Ripon, soon after 655, but had to return with Eata of Hexham to Melrose when Wilfrid was given the monastery instead. About 662 he was made prior at Melrose, and around 665 went as prior to Lindisfarne. In 684 he was made bishop of Lindisfarne, but by late 686 he resigned and returned to his hermitage as he felt he was about to die, although he was probably only in his early 50s.
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