Cædmon

    Cædmon Cross at Whitby

    Cædmon of Whitby and the Hymn of Creation

    Posted on February 9, 2026
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    Cædmon is a quiet saint whose voice still echoes across the centuries, not because he sought his own fame but because he listened to God’s call. In the late seventh century A.D., he lived at Whitby Abbey in Northumbria (now northeastern England), a vibrant monastic community for men and women founded by the abbess Hilda….