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Chad [a] (died 2 March 672) was a prominent 7th-century Anglo-Saxon Celtic monk who converted to the Catholic church three years before he died. He was an abbot, Bishop of the Northumbrians and then Bishop of the Mercians and Lindsey People. After his death he was known as a saint. He was the brother of Bishop Cedd, also a saint.
Saint Chad (died March 2, 672, Lichfield, Mercia, England; feast day, March 2) was a monastic founder, abbot, and first bishop of Lichfield, who is credited with the Christianization of the ancient English kingdom of Mercia. With his brother St. Cedd, he was educated at the great abbey of Lindisfarne on Holy Island (off the coast of Northumbria ...
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Birth: 634. Death: 672. Author and Publisher - Catholic Online. Printable Catholic Saints PDFs. Shop St. Chad of Mercia. Irish archbishop and brother of St. Cedd, also called Ceadda. He was trained by St. Aidan in Lindisfarne and in England. He also spent time with St. Egbert in Ireland.
Oct 24, 2012 · What is known is based on the writings of St. Bede, which as Bebe noted contained information he received from the monks of Lastingham. Chad was one of four brothers, of whom the others were Cedd, Cynibil, and Caelin. They probably were all from Northumbrian nobility. Chad was born about 634.
Jan 23, 2015 · In 669, King Wulfere demanded a bishop for his people in Mercia. St. Chad was called on by St. Theodore of Tarsus to be archpastor of the Mercian people. Mercia was a land of deeply rooted pagan beliefs, and a large area at that. St. Chad considered this to be his true work, bringing the Mercian people to Christ.
Chad from time immemorial has been venerated as the apostle of Mercia, the largest of seven early English kingdoms, which was inhabited mostly by Angles. The Kingdom of Mercia (meaning “borderlands or marches”) existed from 527 till 879 and stretched from the North Sea shore in the east to the River Severn and the Welsh border in the west.
St Chad was the first bishop of Mercia and Lindsey at Lichfield. He was the brother of Cedd, whom he succeeded as Abbot of Lastingham, North Yorkshire, and a disciple of Aidan who sent him to Ireland as part of his education.
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