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Saint Hilda of Whitby: Quick Facts

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Born 614 • Northumbria • England
Died November 17, 680 (aged 66) • Whitby • England • (Anniversary in 4 days)
Founder Whitby
Role In Synod of Whitby
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Saint Colman of Lindisfarne
Irish saint
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Oswiu
king of Northumbria
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Saint Wilfrid
English saint
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Ceolwulf
Anglo-Saxon king
Alfred the Great
Alfred
king of Wessex
Harold II
Harold II
king of England
St. Columba
St. Columba
Christian missionary
Edward the Confessor and Duke William of Normandy, from the Bayeux Tapestry, embroidery, 11th century, located at the Musée de la Tapisserie de Bayeux, Bayeux, France.
Edward
king of England [1002?-1066]
St. Bede
St. Bede the Venerable
Anglo-Saxon historian
Willibrord, Saint
Saint Willibrord
Anglo-Saxon missionary
St. Brendan
St. Brendan
Celtic abbot
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Saint Chad
English clergyman
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Saint Benedict Biscop
English abbot
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Cynewulf
English poet
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Saint Kenneth
Irish abbot
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Tostig, earl of Northumbria
Anglo-Saxon earl
Offa
Offa
Anglo-Saxon king
King of England
Ethelred the Unready
king of England
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H. Munro Chadwick
British historian
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St. Oswald of York
English saint

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