Tatberht

Tatberht was an eighth century Anglo-Saxon saint , abbot ^[1] and contemporary of Bede . ^[2]

Provenance [ edit ]

He is known to history through the writing of Bede , the Secgan Hagiography , Stephen of Ripon , Hugh Candidus and Byrhtferth .

Life [ edit ]

Tatberht was appointed the second Abbot of Ripon , in accord with the terms of the will ^[1] of the Abbeys founder Wilfrid , ^[3] who was notable for arguing the Roman position at the Synod of Whitby .

A relative of his predecessor Wilfred, ^[4] with whom he worked closely, ^[5] Tatberht, was named in Wilfrid's will as joint heir with Saint Acca the patron of Bede. ^[6] Tatberht and Acca commissioned Stephen of Ripon ^[7] to write a life of Wilfrid . ^[8]^[9]^[10]^[1]

Veneration [ edit ]

According to Hugh Candidus and Byrhtferth he is buried at Ripon , ^[11] along with Saints Wilfrid , ’Albert’, Botwine and Sicgred and ’Wildegel’, while there is evidence he was re-interred in Peterborough Abbey . ^[12] and he is commemorated on 5 June.

References [ edit ]

^ ^a ^b ^c "Tatberht 2" . Prosopography of Anglo-Saxon England .
^ Peter Darby, Bede and the End of Time ( Ashgate Publishing , Ltd., 2012) page 89
^ Tatberht biography.
^ Oswald By Bernard J. Muir, Andrew J. Turner Wilfrid Eadmer of Canterbury: Lives and Miracles of Saints Oda, Dunstan, and ( Oxford University Press , 2006) page 271 .
^ Bede , Eddius Stephanus and the ‘Life of Wilfrid’ English Historical Review (1983) XCVIII : pages 101-114 .
^ Bede ,The Age of Bede ( Penguin UK , 2004) page 178 .
^ William Trent Foley, Images of Sanctity in Eddius Stephanus ' Life of Bishop Wilfrid ( Edwin Mellen Press , 1992) page 7 .
^ Acca at Oxford DNBM
^ between the joint patronage of Tatberht and Acca, their generation the best recorded in the Dark Ages before Alfred the Great .
^ Antonia Gransden, Historical Writing in England: c. 500 to c. 1307 ( Psychology Press , 1996) page 60 .
^ Nicholas Brooks, Catherine Cubitt (Continuum, 1996) page 254 .
^ Nicholas Brooks, Catherine Cubitt (Continuum, 1996) page 274 .

External links [ edit ]

Tatberht 2 at Prosopography of Anglo-Saxon England

[PASE-1] "Tatberht 2" . Prosopography of Anglo-Saxon England .

[2] Peter Darby, Bede and the End of Time ( Ashgate Publishing , Ltd., 2012) page 89

[3] Tatberht biography.

[4] Oswald By Bernard J. Muir, Andrew J. Turner Wilfrid Eadmer of Canterbury: Lives and Miracles of Saints Oda, Dunstan, and ( Oxford University Press , 2006) page 271 .

[5] Bede , Eddius Stephanus and the ‘Life of Wilfrid’ English Historical Review (1983) XCVIII : pages 101-114 .

[6] Bede ,The Age of Bede ( Penguin UK , 2004) page 178 .

[7] William Trent Foley, Images of Sanctity in Eddius Stephanus ' Life of Bishop Wilfrid ( Edwin Mellen Press , 1992) page 7 .

[8] Acca at Oxford DNBM

[9] tween the joint patronage of Tatberht and Acca, their generation the best recorded in the Dark Ages before Alfred the Great .

[10] Antonia Gransden, Historical Writing in England: c. 500 to c. 1307 ( Psychology Press , 1996) page 60 .

[11] Nicholas Brooks, Catherine Cubitt (Continuum, 1996) page 254 .

[12] Nicholas Brooks, Catherine Cubitt (Continuum, 1996) page 274 .

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