Billfrith

Billfrith
"the anchorite"
Died8th-century
Major shrineDurham Cathedral
Feast6 March
AttributesGoldsmith

Billfrith (Old English: Billfrið; fl. early 8th century) is an obscure Northumbrian saint credited with providing the jewel and metalwork encrusting the former treasure binding of the Lindisfarne Gospels. His name is thought to mean "peace of the two-edge sword".[1]

  1. ^ Rollason and Rollason (eds.), Durham Liber Vitae, vol. ii, pp. 94, 118