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Ceatta of Lichfield is an obscure 7th-century Anglo Saxon saint of the Catholic Church. He is often recorded in conjunction with St. Chad.〔Michelle P. Brown, Carol A. Farr, Mercia: An Anglo-Saxon Kingdom in Europe (Continuum, 2005) ( page 85 )〕 and the name may be derived from his association with Chad or his well.〔David Horovitz, ( A Survey and Analysis of the Place-Names of Staffordshire, ) p560.〕 He is presumed to have floruit in the 7th century around Lichfield in what was the Kingdom of Mercia. Ceatta, is an old English personal name meaning a swamp although a Welsh origin has also be postulated.〔Johannes Hoops, ''Lexicon of Germanic Antiquity'', Volume 23 (Walter de Gruyter) ( p373 ).〕 It is also possible that he is merely a duplication of St Ceadda.〔Blair, John (2002), "A Handlist of Anglo-Saxon Saints", in Thacker, Alan; Sharpe, Richard, Local Saints and Local Churches in the Early Medieval West, Oxford: Oxford University Press, p.520〕 He is known to history primarily from the Old English manuscript, ''On the Resting-Places of the Saints''.〔Secgan be þam Godes sanctum þe on Engla lande ærost reston IIb.〕〔(Ceatta ) atpase.ac.uk].〕 ==References== 〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Ceatta」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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