CUTHBERT
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CYBISTRA
After the death of Huitbert, who succeeded Ceolfrid
as Abbot of Wearmouth, Cuthbert was elected in his
place. His correspondence with LuUus, the disciple
and successor of St. Boniface, Archbishop of Mainz,
is still preserved. He is also supposed to have written
many other letters now lost. Priscus mentions a
manuscript bearing his name which contains an addi-
tion to Bede's Ecclesiastical History. His letter de-
scribing Bede's death is also worthy of note because
of the mention therein of the Ro-
gation procession with the relics of
the saints.
M.tBiLLON. Annahs O. S. B. (Paris, 1703-39), II. 99b. 101a: Idem, Acta SS. (Venice, 1733, etc.). III. 503, 504, 510 m; Ceillier, HiMoire generale^ des ait- iertrs sacres et ecclesiastiques (Paris, 1729- 59), s, V. Cuthbert, Abbe de Jarrow; P. L.. XCVI, 838. 846.
G. E. Hind.
Cuthbert, Archbishop of Can terbury, date of birth not known; d. 25 October, 758. He is first heard of as Abbot of Liminge, Kent. Consecrated bishop by Archbishop Nothelm, he succeeded Wahlstod in the See of Hereford in 736 and was translated to Canterbury about 740. Journey- ing to Rome he received the pal- lium, and on his return assisted at the Council of Cloveshoe in 742. At this council Ethelbald, King of Church of Santo t, . r- 1 • -1 (On Inca Found:
Mercia, confirmed many privileges t],
to churches and monasteries. His friendship with St. Boniface, Archbishop of Mainz, accounts for the intimate knowledge that St. Boniface had of the evil life of Ethelbald, which prompted the saint to correspond with the king in the hope of induc- ing him to reform. Cuthbert, in obedience to the wish of Pcpe Zachary, called a second Council of Cloveshoe, in 747, which formulated many canons for the guidance of monastic life and the duties of bishops and priest,';. It especially insisted on catechetical instruction being given in the Eng- lish tongue. The pro- ceedings of this council were sent to St. Boniface and prompted him to act similarly in Ger- many. Some ha v n thought that St. Boni- face took the initiatiM' and not Cuthbert, but most now admit that the proceedings in Ger- many for promoting a greater union with Rome took place after this council of Cloveshoe and in imitation of it.
Cuthbert brought about a great change
with regard to the precedence of the Cathedral Church of Canterburj-. Christ Church, Canterbury, was con- sidered inferior in dignity to the Church of Sts. Peter and Paul where all the archbishops were interred The pope granted his reciuest for the interment of the arch- bishops at Christ (_'hurch and King Eadbert con- firmed this. A chapel was then built at the east end of the catliedral deilicated to St. John the Baptist to serve as the bajit isteiy, the court of the archbishops and their place of burial. Fearing opposition from the monks of Sts. Peti'r and Paul's church Cuthbert was stealthily buried in the }U'\\ chapel several days before his death was generally known. From that time until the ('oni|uest at least, every ArchbLsliop of Canterbury
except one was buried at Christ Church. A letter of
his to Lullus, Archbishop of Mainz, is still extant and
also two short poems preserved by William of Malmes-
bury. Leland speaks of a volume of his epigrams in
the library of Malmesbury Abbey. This volume is
now lost.
Ang.-Sax. Chronicle, suh ann. 741, 742, 758; H.\ddos and) Stubbs, Councils, III, 340-96; Gervase, Actus Pont. Cant.\ (Twyscien, 164nj; Simeon of Durham. Mon. Hist. Brit., 659, i 6()1;' William of Malmesbury. Gesla Regum (Eng. Hist. Soc), I I. 115. 116; Idem, Gest. Pontiff, 8,9, 15, 299; Hook, Lives of the Archbishops, I, \ 217-34; MiGXE, P. L.. LXXXIX. 763, 757; Anglia Sacra, II, Metrical Life of Cuthbert.
G. E. Hind.
Cuthbert, College of Saint. .See I'sHAW.
Cuyaba, Diocese op (CnTABEN- sis), suffragan of Sao Sebastiao (Rio de Janeiro), Brazil. The city, fntuidnl by miners about 1720, be- riiii- the capital of the province of \l:itin I irosso in 1840. The present 1 11 .| iulation is somewhat over 18,000. 11 le prelature of Cuyabd, erected l.y Bull of Benedict XIV, "Candor liuis a^terna"" (6 Dec, 1745), was raised to the rank of a bishopric (Senhor Bom Jesus de Cuyabii) by Bull of Leo XII, "Sollicita catholici gregis" (15 July, 1826). The dio- cese embraces the province of Matto Grosso, an area of 532,705 sq. miles, and has a Catholic popu- lation of 100,700, with 17 parishes, 20 churches, 12 secular priests and 10 regular.
Battandif,r, Ann. pont. cath. (1906); Herder, Konversa- tions-Lex., s. v.; Werner, Orbis lerrarum Cath. (Freiburg im Br., 1890), 213. „ „ „
F. M. RUDGE.
Cuyo. See San Juan de Cuyo.
Cuzco, Diocese of (Cuzcensis), suffragan of Lima,
Peru. The city of Cuzco,
capital of the department
of the same name, is lo-
f-ated on the eastern end!
of the Knot of Cuzco, 11,-1
000 feet above sea-level.f
The original Inca city.f
said to have been foimded
in the eleventh century.t
was destroyed by PizarrcJ
in 1535. There are still
remains, however, of tht
palace of the Incas, tht
Temple of the Sun, anc
the Temple of the Vii^ini
of the Sun. Among thi
most noteworthy build
ings of the city is thi ^^
cathedral of Santo DoIT'
niingo. The diocese
erected by Paul III (J
of tlie Tempi
the Sun)
Sept., 1536), comprises the departments of Cuzco an<
Apurimac, an area of 21,677 sq. m., containing a Cath
olic population of 480,000, with 106 pai-ishes, 65(
churches and chapels, 150 priests, a seminary, an(
schools.
Battandier, Ann. pont. cath. (Paris, 1906); .Inn. re (Rome. 1908).
F. M. Rupge.
Cybistra, a titular see of Cappadocia in Asia Mine?
Ptolemy (5, 7. 7) places this city in Lycaonia; Stral
(12, ."13.')) in Cilicia; Cicero (Ispisl. ad fam., 15, 2. •
!/; I'ltjiiuiitoi'tii iwlrt-mu, near tlie boundary of Cilici|
- inil not far from Taurus. It is mentioned as a
fragan of Tyana, metropolis of Cappadocia "Sccunili
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