At Morning Prayer and Holy Rosary tomorrow morning 25 October at 10.00 a.m. we celebrate St Cedd, protégé of St Aidan of Lindisfarne, on the eve of his feast day. In 653 AD he was invited by Peada, king of Mercia, who had just become a Christian, to evangelise his people, and because he was so successful, he was sent to evangelise Essex. As a result of his work, Finan of Lindisfarne consecrated Cedd Bishop of the East Saxons. Much of his work was carried out in the area of Bradwell-on-Sea and Tilbury where he founded monasteries (and built the chapel of St Peter at Bradwell from the stones of the old Roman fort of Othona - in construction the chapel is strongly Roman in character, resembling early Christian churches in Kent). Cedd died of plague at Lastingham, North Yorkshire in 664 AD.
All are welcome, either in person or on the livestream, to celebrate this great missionary!