Hereberht of Huntingdon

Hereberht of Huntingdon was a seventh century Mercian Hermit and local saint of Anglo-Saxon England.

Very little is known of his life, or ministry, but he is mentioned by Bede, Henry of Huntingdon[1] and the Secgan Hagiography.[2]
According to Bede, Hereberht was a friend of St. Cuthbert.[3][4] and like Cuthbert retired as an Anchorite to an Island (in his case in a lake),[5] where he died in 687AD,[6][7] and was venerated.

References

  1. ↑ Henry (of Huntingdon), Historia Anglorum:The History of the English People (Oxford University Press, 1996) p674.
  2. ↑ Stowe MS 944, British Library
  3. ↑ Bede, Viti Cuthbert, ch28
  4. ↑ cited in Historia Anglorum IV, 29.
  5. ↑ Bede, Viti Cuthbert, ch28
  6. ↑ David W. Rollason, The Durham Liber Vitae and Its Context (Boydell Press, 2004).
  7. ↑ London, British Library, MS Cotton Domitian A. vii.


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