St. Chad's, Lichfield - St. Chad: In Bede's own words

St. Chad	His life In Bede's own words St. Chad and the Stag

	MOST of what is known of Chad comes from the Ecclesiastical History of the English Nation written by the Venerable Bede. Bede, although not a contemporary of Chad, was born in the year after Chad's death and his account of Chad's life was based on reports of those who had known him.
	Read the four chapters which provide important information:

Book 3, Chap. XXIII	How Chad's brother Cedd came to found the monastery at Lastingham and to be its first abbot, and how on his death his place was taken by Chad

Book 3, Chap. XXVIII	Wilfrid's and then Chad's ordinations as bishops to serve the Northumbrians

Book 4, Chap. II	Theodore of Tarsus as archbishop of Canterbury and Chad's canonical reconsecration as bishop by Theodore

Book 4, Chap. III	Chad as bishop of the Mercians