Baldred of Tyninghame
| Saint Baldred of Tyninghame | |
|---|---|
| Abbot and Confessor | |
| Born | Unknown |
| Died | 6 March 757 Bass Rock, East Lothian |
| Venerated in | Roman Catholicism; Anglicanism; Eastern Orthodoxy |
| Major shrine | Tyninghame, later removed to Durham Cathedral (destroyed) |
| Feast | 6 March |
Balthere of Tyninghame (later Baldred) was a Northumbrian hermit and abbot, resident in East Lothian during the 8th century.
According to Hovendeus the date of Baldred's death is given as 756. Symeon of Durham says "the twentieth year of King Eadberht of Northumbria " and Turgot of Durham "the seventeenth year of the episcopate of Cynulf", that is 756. As his feast is given as 6 March, by the modern calendar, this would be 6 March 757. Although the 8th century date is now generally accepted, due to a passage in the 16th century Breviary of Aberdeen, he has, in the past, often been associated with the 6th century Saint Kentigern (for which, see Baldred of Strathclyde).
Baldred is commonly referred to as "the Apostle of the Lothians" and Simeon of Durham says that "the boundaries of his pastorate embraced the whole land which belongs to the monastery of Saint Balther, which is called Tyninghame - from Lammermuir to Inveresk, or, as it was called, Eskmouthe." His cult was certainly centred on the four churches of Auldhame, Whitekirk, Tyninghame and Prestonkirk, between East Linton and North Berwick in East Lothian.
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