Editing Ceolfrith (section)

{{short description|Anglo-Saxon abbot of 7th-8th centuries}}
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|name=Saint Ceolfrid
|birth_date=642 
|death_date=716
|feast_day= 25 September
|venerated_in=[[Roman Catholic Church]], [[Eastern Orthodox Church]]
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|caption=Remains of [[Monkwearmouth-Jarrow Abbey|St Paul's Monastery, Jarrow]], where Ceolfrid was Abbot.
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|death_place=monastery of [[Langres]] in [[Burgundy (region)|Burgundy]]
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'''Saint Ceolfrid''' (or '''Ceolfrith''', {{IPA|ang|ˈtʃeːolfriθ|lang}}; also '''Geoffrey''', c. 642 – 716) was an [[Anglo-Saxon]] [[Christians|Christian]] [[abbot]] and [[saint]]. He is best known as the warden of [[Bede]] from the age of seven until his death in 716. He was the Abbot of [[Monkwearmouth-Jarrow Abbey]], and a major contributor to the project to produce the [[Codex Amiatinus]] Bible. He died in [[Burgundy (region)|Burgundy]] while en route to deliver a copy of the codex to [[Pope Gregory II]] in Rome.<ref>George Elphege Hind (1908). "[[wikisource:Catholic Encyclopedia (1913)/St. Ceolfrid|St. Ceolfrid]]". In ''Catholic Encyclopedia''. '''3'''. New York: Robert Appleton Company.</ref>