Ceadda's Day

March 02: Ceadda’s Day

Ceadda's Day
Saint Chad

Ceadda’s Day honors two Ceaddas. One is for the feast day of St. Chad, Chad of Mercia, who was a prominent 7th century Anglo-Saxon churchman. He became abbot of several monasteries, Bishop of the Northumbrians, and subsequently Bishop of the Mercians and Lindsey People. He is also credited with the Christianization of the ancient kingdom of Mercia. St. Chad is the patron saint of Mercia, Lichfield, and of astronomers. On this day it’s considered the most propitious day to sow broad beans in England.

The second is for the Celtic god of healing springs and holy wells. Ceadda is associated with the Crann Bethadh or the Tree of Life. Ceadda spent nights immersed in a holy well to meditate.

Both of these Ceadda days are on March 2nd. It’s possible there’s a connection between the two days with the Christianizing of pagan celebrations.

Chad is a masculine given name of Anglo-Saxon origins. It’s the modernized form of the Old English given name Ceadda.

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