St. Chad of Mercia

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Feastday: March 2
Patron of Mercia; Lichfield; of astronomers
634 - 672

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. Made the archbishop of York by King Oswy, Chad was disciplined by Theodore, the newly arrived archbishop of Canterbury, in 669. Chad accepted Theodore�s charges of impropriety with such humility and grace that Theodore regularized his consecration and ap�pointed him the bishop of Mercia. He established a see at Lichfield. His relics are en�shrined in Birmingham. In litur�gical art he is depicted as a bishop, holding a church.

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chet bas
2 months ago
happy belated feast day St. Chad. please help my mom and i to one day visit england and ireland. thank you
michelle price
7 months ago
very good but they dont give alot of information
im a catholic person and go to a catholic school. i wanted to find out information about saint chad of Mercia and there was not enough information for what i was looking for.
Chuck diG.
2 years ago
When I was at Birmingham, England, for a week or so a couple years ago, the cathedral of St. Chad's was one of the highlights of my daily schedule. I was not prepared to be so affected by the Gothic Revival style architecture, which reflected so profoundly the quiet yet moving spirituality of the small, weekday congregation. Among other things, it turned me onto the work of its architect, Pugin--who tried to integrate the Catholic revival of mid-19th C. England with artistic forms. Successfully, I think. St. Chad would be proud!

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