St. Balther

Feastday: March 6
Death: 756

Irish Benedictine hermit of Lindisfarne, also called Baldred. Balther went to Tynningham on the Scottish border to live in retirement, settling at Bass Rock in Northumbria. He lived a life of great asceticism and died at Aldaam. His remains were enshrined with the relics of St. Bilfrid at Durham, England.

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Balther Balther Death: 756
Death: 756