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Chad of Mercia
Bishop of York and Lichfield (died 672) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
For the 8th century bishop of Hereford, see Ceadda of Hereford.
Chad[lower-alpha 1] (died 2 March 672) was a prominent 7th-century Anglo-Saxon Celtic monk. 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.
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Chad | |
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Bishop of Northumbria | |
![]() Stained glass depiction from Holy Cross Monastery, West Park, New York | |
Appointed | 664 |
Term ended | 669 |
Predecessor | Paulinus |
Successor | Wilfrid |
Orders | |
Consecration | 664 |
Personal details | |
Born | Unknown, but most likely in the 620s. |
Died | 2 March 672 Lichfield, Staffordshire |
Buried | Lichfield Cathedral |
Sainthood | |
Feast day | 2 March |
Venerated in | Catholic Church Anglican Communion Eastern Orthodox Church |
Attributes | Bishop, holding a triple-spired cathedral (Lichfield) |
Patronage | Mercia; Lichfield |
Shrines | Grave and shrine tower was discovered in 2003 under the east end of Lichfield Cathedral nave.
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He was the brother of Bishop Cedd, also a saint. He features strongly in the work of the Venerable Bede and is credited, together with Bishop Wilfrid of Ripon, with introducing Christianity to the Mercian kingdom.