Saint Chad

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7th-century bishop Anglo-Saxon bishop Christian saint missionary

Saint Chad was a 7th-century Anglo-Saxon bishop and missionary, venerated as a saint for his role in spreading Christianity in Mercia and Northumbria.

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Observed surface forms (2)

Surface form	Occurrences
St Chad	1
relics of St Chad (historically)	1

Statements (47)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	7th-century bishop ⓘ Anglo-Saxon bishop ⓘ Christian saint ⓘ missionary ⓘ
associatedWith	Celtic Christian tradition ⓘ Diocese of Lichfield ⓘ Lichfield Cathedral ⓘ Roman Christian tradition ⓘ
burialPlace	Lichfield Cathedral ⓘ
canonizationStatus	pre-congregation saint ⓘ
centuryOfActivity	7th century ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship	Kingdom of Northumbria ⓘ
deathPlace	Lichfield ⓘ
describedIn	Bede's Ecclesiastical History of the English People ⓘ
educatedAt	Irish monastic schools ⓘ Lindisfarne Priory ⓘ surface form: Lindisfarne monastery
educatedBy	Aidan of Lindisfarne ⓘ
ethnicGroup	Saxons ⓘ surface form: Anglo-Saxons
givenName	Chad ⓘ
hasFeastDay	2 March ⓘ
hasRelic	St Chad's relics at St Chad's Cathedral, Birmingham ⓘ
honorificPrefix	Saint ⓘ
knownFor	humility and pastoral care ⓘ monastic discipline ⓘ
languageOfWorkOrName	Old English ⓘ
notableFor	establishing the see of Lichfield ⓘ spreading Christianity among the Anglo-Saxons ⓘ
notableWork	Christian mission in Mercia ⓘ Christian mission in Northumbria ⓘ
patronage	English diocesan clergy ⓘ Lichfield ⓘ
positionHeld	Bishop of Lichfield ⓘ Bishop of Mercia ⓘ Bishop of the Northumbrians ⓘ
regionOfActivity	Mercia ⓘ surface form: Kingdom of Mercia Kingdom of Northumbria ⓘ
religion	Christianity ⓘ
sibling	Saint Cedd ⓘ
title	Bishop ⓘ
veneratedIn	Anglican Communion ⓘ Eastern Orthodox Christianity ⓘ surface form: Eastern Orthodox Church Lutheranism ⓘ surface form: Lutheran Church Oriental Orthodoxy ⓘ surface form: Oriental Orthodox Churches Roman Catholicism ⓘ surface form: Roman Catholic Church
workLocation	Lichfield ⓘ Mercia ⓘ Northumbria ⓘ

Referenced by (5)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Lichfield, Staffordshire, England → dedicatedTo → Saint Chad ⓘ

subject surface form: Lichfield Cathedral

Lichfield Cathedral → dedicatedTo → Saint Chad ⓘ

this entity surface form: St Chad

St Chad's Church, Montford → dedicatedTo → Saint Chad ⓘ

St Chad’s Church, Shrewsbury → dedicatedTo → Saint Chad ⓘ

Lichfield Cathedral → hasRelic → Saint Chad ⓘ

this entity surface form: relics of St Chad (historically)