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San Chad (o Ceadda) di Mercia (... – Lichfield, 2 marzo 672) è stato un abate e vescovo britannico
Chad of Mercia. Chad [a] (died 2 March 672) was a prominent 7th-century Anglo-Saxon Catholic monk who became abbot of several monasteries, Bishop of the Northumbrians and subsequently Bishop of the Mercians and Lindsey People. He was later canonised as a saint. He was the brother of Cedd, also a saint.
Saint Chad (died March 2, 672, Lichfield, Mercia, England; feast day, March 2) was a monastic founder, abbot, and first bishop of Lichfield, who is credited with the Christianization of the ancient English kingdom of Mercia.
- The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica
San Chad di Mercia è stato un abate e vescovo britannico.
La Mercia era uno dei sette regni anglosassoni presenti in quella che ora è l'Inghilterra e situato nella regione delle Midlands, il cui cuore era la valle del fiume Trent e dei suoi affluenti. Il nome risulta una versione latinizzata dell'antico inglese Mierce o Myrce, che significa "popolo di confine". La Mercia dominò per tre ...
St. Chad from time immemorial has been venerated as the apostle of Mercia, the largest of seven early English kingdoms, which was inhabited mostly by Angles.
Printable Catholic Saints PDFs. Shop St. Chad of Mercia. Irish archbishop and brother of St. Cedd, also called Ceadda. He was trained by St. Aidan in Lindisfarne and in England. He also spent time with St. Egbert in Ireland.
