Feast March 2
Saint Chad of Mercia
Bishop, patron of Mercia · Feast March 2
Biography
Chad was a prominent 7th-century Anglo-Saxon monk. He was an abbot, Bishop of the Northumbrians and then Bishop of the Mercians and Lindsey People. After his death he was known as a saint.
Feast day
March 2
Patronage
- Mercia
- Lichfield
Birth date
Unknown, but most likely in the 620s
Death date
2 March 672
Canonization status
Canonized
Feast month
3
Wikidata qid
Q742311
Feast day of month
2