Chad of Mercia
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Chad was a prominent 7th-century Anglo-Saxon monk. He was an abbot, Bishop of the Northumbrians and then Bishop of the Mercians and Lindsey People. After his death he was known as a saint.
Stained glass depiction from Saint Chad's Church in Hanmer, Maelor, Wales
From a late copy of The old Englisch Homely on the life of St. Chad, c. 1200, in the Bodleian Library, Oxford
The altar in the crypt of the Church of St Mary, Lastingham, probable site of the early Anglo-Saxon church where Cedd and Chad officiated at Eucharist
The Lichfield Angel, a part of his Anglo-Saxon shrine in Lichfield Cathedral
Lichfield Cathedral
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Lichfield Cathedral, formally the Cathedral Church of Saint Mary and Saint Chad in Lichfield, is a Church of England cathedral in the city of Lichfield, England. It is the seat of the bishop of Lichfi
Chad of Mercia
…as bishop were decisive in Christianising Mercia. Chad died on 2 March 672, and was buried near the Church of Saint Mary which later became part of Lichfield Cathedral. Bede relates the death story as that of a man who was already regarded as a saint. Bede has stressed throughout his narrative that Chad's holiness…
The West Front of Lichfield Cathedral
Aerial view, June 2020
Exterior from the NE
The Cathedral Close, Lichfield