Career
He was chiefly responsible for removing the remains of Street Cuthbert from Lindisfarne to protect them from Viking invasion, eventually resettling them in Chester-le-Street and temporarily running the see from there. According to legend, Eardulf and Eadred, former abbot of Carlisle attempted to take Street Cuthbert"s remains to Ireland for safety, however as they attempted to take the bones on board a ship at Workington, a violent storm blew up and all the water that fell on the ship turned immediately to blood, which was taken as a sign of disapproval from Cuthbert himself. During their seven years of wandering with Street Cuthbert"s remains the monks were also known to have visited Galloway and stayed in a cave now known as Street Cuthbert"s Cave near Dunstanburgh Castle in Northumberland.
