Tatberht was an eighth century

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and contemporary of

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Provenance

He is known to history through the writing of

, the Secgan

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, Stephen of Ripon, Hugh Candidus and Byrhtferth.

Life

Tatberht was appointed the second

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of Ripon, in accord with the terms of the

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of the Abbeys founder Wilfrid, who was notable for arguing the Roman position at the Synod of Whitby. A relative of his predecessor Wilfred, with whom he worked closely, Tatberht, was named in Wilfrid's will as joint heir with Saint Acca the patron of Bede. Tatberht and Acca commissioned Stephen of Ripon to write a life of Wilfrid.

Veneration

According to Hugh Candidus and Byrhtferth he is buried at Ripon, along with Saints Wilfrid, ’Albert’, Botwine and Sicgred and ’Wildegel’, while there is evidence he was re-interred in Peterborough Abbey.Nicholas Brooks, Catherine Cubitt (Continuum, 1996
page 274
and he is commemorated on 5 June.

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* {{authority control Medieval English saints 8th-century English bishops 8th-century Christian saints Year of birth unknown Ripon Burials at Peterborough Cathedral