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SaintÆthelwold of Farne (also spelledAethelwald,Ethilwold, etc.) was a late 7th-centuryhermit who lived onInner Farne, off the coast of theEnglish county ofNorthumberland.
Little is known about this man, apart from what is recorded in the writings of the VenerableBede. Æthelwold was both apriest and amonk fromRipon Abbey. Being desirous of some solitude, he succeeded to the tiny hermitage ofSaint Cuthbert onFarne, after the latter's death in 687. He, however, found it so drafty that he was obliged to make much needed repairs using acalfskin. The best-known story about Æthelwold, relates how the future Abbot Guthrid visited him on his island with twoLindisfarne monks and, on his journey home, was saved from shipwreck by the saint's prayers. Æthelwold died on 23 March (which is his feast day[1]) 699 (not 720 as is sometimes stated). He was buried with Cuthbert and, like him, was eventuallyenshrined inDurham Cathedral. He should not be confused with his near contemporary,SaintÆthelwold of Lindisfarne.
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