Bishop John

Also known as: John · Role: bishop · First appears: Book V · Chap. II

Life events

c. 684 · Bishop John succeeded Eata in the bishopric of the church of Hagustald.(Book V · Chap. II · 📍 the church of Hagustald)
- “Bishop Eata died, and was succeeded in the bishopric of the church of Hagustald by the holy man John”
c. 684 · Bishop John cured the youth’s dumbness, enabling him to speak words and sentences.(Book V · Chap. II)
- With: the youth
- “The youth’s tongue was immediately loosed, and he spoke as he was bidden.”
c. 684 · The youth continued speaking and expressing thoughts and wishes after his cure.(Book V · Chap. II)
- With: the youth
- “Nor did he cease all that day and the next night, as long as he could keep awake, as those who were present relate, to say something, and to express his private thoughts and wishes to others, which he could never do before”
c. 684 · The youth’s head sores healed and his hair grew through the bishop’s blessing and prayers.(Book V · Chap. II)
- With: the youth
- “with the help of the bishop’s blessing and prayers, a goodly head of hair grew as the skin was healed.”

servant: Berthun (Berthun was formerly Bishop John's deacon.) “the holy man John, of whom those that knew him well are wont to tell many miracles, and more particularly Berthun, a man worthy of all reverence and of undoubted truthfulness, and once his deacon”
with Berthun (Berthun was formerly Bishop John's deacon.) “and more particularly Berthun, a man worthy of all reverence and of undoubted truthfulness, and once his deacon, now abbot of the monastery called Inderauuda, that is, ‘In the wood of the Deiri’”
liege: Berthun (Berthun had served as Bishop John's deacon.) “Berthun, a man worthy of all reverence and of undoubted truthfulness, and once his deacon, now abbot of the monastery called Inderauuda”

servant: Herebald “He was then one of that bishop’s clergy, but now presides as abbot in the monastery at the mouth of the river Tyne.”
pupil: Herebald “This said, he set himself to catechize me that same hour; and it came to pass that when he breathed on my face, straightway I felt better.”
with Herebald (Bishop John recalled Herebald from the threshold of death.) “having been by his prayer and blessing recalled from the threshold of death and brought back to the way of life.”
liege: Wilfrid “For having, by his great age, become unable to govern his bishopric, he ordained Wilfrid, his priest, bishop of the church of York, and retired to the aforesaid monastery, and there ended his days in godly conversation.”

Extracted from the original text of Bede's Ecclesiastical History of England. Made with Rho MD.