who later played James Bond. The Roman Catholic Diocese of Hexham and Newcastle holds St Cuthbert as its patron saint, with the consecration of bishops in the diocese always taking place on 20 March, Cuthbert's feast day in the Catholic Church. Many churches are named after Cuthbert. An Orthodox Community in Chesterfield, England, has taken St Cuthbert as their patron. Fossilised crinoid columnals extracted from limestone quarried on Lindisfarne, or found washed up along the foreshore, which were threaded into necklaces or rosaries, became known as St. Cuthbert's beads. In Northumberland, the eider duck is known as the cuddy duck. While on the Farne Islands, Cuthbert instituted special laws to protect the ducks and other seabirds nesting on the islands. They still breed in their thousands off the Northumberland coast. In Cumbria, the civil parish and hamlet of Holme St Cuthbert are named after him, as is the parish church. It is a rural area, with one larger village and numerous smaller hamlets. St Cuthbert's Way is a long-distance walking route, one of Scotland's Great Trails. Cuthbert is remembered in the Church of England with a Lesser Festival on 20 March. Notes Citations References Further reading See also Vita Sancti Cuthberti Historia de Sancto Cuthberto St Cuthbert's Well in Bellingham, Northumberland Ushaw College (St Cuthbert's College, Ushaw) in County Durham Legend about his burial External links A Brief Life and History of St. Cuthbert by John Butcher, Melrose Historical Society () St. Cuthbert Hagiography 634 births 687 deaths 7th-century English bishops 7th-century Christian saints Bishops of Hexham Bishops of Lindisfarne History of Northumberland Incorrupt saints Colombanian saints Northumbrian saints People from Dunbar Miracle workers Anglican saints English Roman Catholic saints English Roman Catholics History of Catholicism in England