Feastday: June 24
Death: 1193
A Benedictine hermit and miracle worker associated with Durham, England. He was born in Whitby, in Northumbria, England, and was called Tostig. After going to Norway, Bartholomew was ordained and returned to Durham, where he entered the Benedictine Order. He became a hermit on the island of Fame, on the coast of Northumbria, remaining there for forty-two years. Bartholomew was noted as a miracle worker.
Bartholomew of Farne (d. 1193) was a Benedictine hermit. Born Tostig, to parents of Scandinavian origin, in Whitby, Northumbria, England, he changed his name to William while still a child. He then travelled through Europe, possibly to escape marriage. He returned to England to enter the Benedictine monastery at Durham. It was here that he received a vision of St Cuthbert, and then decided to inhabit Cuthbert's old cell on the island of Farne. There he remained for the remaining 42 years of his life.
