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Eadwold of Cerne
9th century English hermit
SaintPre-congregation
Born
835
Died
871
Beatified
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not needed: before formal processes
Canonised
By tradition
recognised before formal processes began
Who they were
Eadwold of Cerne (c. 835 AD – 29 August c. 900), also known as Eadwold of East Anglia, was a 9th-century hermit, East Anglian prince and patron saint of Cerne, Dorset, who lived as a hermit on a hill about four miles from Cerne. His feast day is 29 August.
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The miracles
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Why that counted as sanctity
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Sources
- Wikidata Q4529817 — dates, feast day and identifiers (CC0)
- English Wikipedia — Eadwold of Cerne (CC BY-SA)
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