Talk:Cedd

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Why is Cedd listed as a "Roman Catholic" missionary/bishop? The article itself surely makes it clear that he was never happy with his return to the Roman tradition, and he is an important figure in the Celtic tradition of the north of England. Hackloon 00:27, 12 April 2006 (UTC)

Although I wrote this stub I did not clasify it. I will point out that Cedd did not "return" to the Roman tradition. He did however adopt the Roman tradition after Whitby. He was sent as a missonary bishop to Mercia, though this predated Whitby according to Bede. Joe Dixon (13.4.2006}

Cedd was a Bishop of the universal church. He had died before the split between east and west in 671. pw123

[edit] Bishop of London?

The article List of bishops of London links here, listing Cedd as the second post-Augustinian bishop of London. Is this the same person? Why is this position not mentioned here? Rojomoke 22:15, 6 April 2007 (UTC)

Probably an oversight. Bede says he was consecrated "Bishop of the East Saxons", as does this article. That seems to be assumed, on what grounds I don't know, to be the same thing as "Bishop of London". The Prosopography of Anglo-Saxon England entry for Cedd is here. Of the thirteen references to him as a bishop, two I can't check, and ten say "of the East Saxons", leaving only one which definitely says "of London". Angus McLellan (Talk) 22:32, 6 April 2007 (UTC)