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Billfrith

English saint

SaintDate unknown

Feast: 6 March (not on the universal Roman calendar; kept in the Roman Martyrology or local calendars)

Born

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Died

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Beatified

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not on record

Canonised

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not on record

Who they were

Billfrith (Old English: Billfrið; fl. early 8th century) is an obscure Northumbrian saint credited with providing the jewel and metalwork encrusting the former treasure binding of the Lindisfarne Gospels. His name is thought to mean "peace of the two-edge sword".

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The miracles

Limited information available on this saint.

Why that counted as sanctity

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Sources

Wikidata Q16201394 — dates, feast day and identifiers (CC0)
English Wikipedia — Billfrith (CC BY-SA)

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