What is "cuthbert"

St. Cuthbert of Lindisfarne (c. 634 –687) was an Anglo-Saxon saint, bishop, monk and hermit.

Cuthbert may also refer to:

• Cuthbert (given name)
• Cuthbert (surname)
• Cuthbert, Georgia, United States, a city
• Cuthbert, South Dakota, an unincorporated place in the United States
• Cuthbert School, a one-room schoolhouse, later a high school, in Randolph County, Georgia
• "Cuthbert", World War II Allied spy Virginia Hall's nickname for her prosthetic leg
• Cuthbert Allgood, a character from the popular Dark Tower series by Stephen King

Saint Cuthbert ( c. 634 – 20 March 687) was a saint of the early Northumbrian church in the Celtic tradition. He was a monk, bishop and hermit, associated with the monasteries of Melrose and Lindisfarne in what might loosely be termed the Kingdom of Northumbria in the North East of England. After his death he became one of the most important medieval saints of Northern England, with a cult centred on his tomb at Durham Cathedral. Cuthbert is regarded as the patron saint of northern England. His feast days are 20 March and 4 September (translation).

Cuthbert grew up near Melrose Abbey, a daughter-house of Lindisfarne, today in Scotland. He had decided to become a monk after seeing a vision on the night in 651 that St. Aidan, the founder of Lindisfarne, died, but seems to have seen some military service first. He was quickly made guest-master at the new monastery at Ripon, soon after 655, but had to return with Eata to Melrose when Wilfrid was given the monastery instead. About 662 he was made prior at Melrose, and around 665 went as prior to Lindisfarne. In 684 he was made bishop of Lindisfarne but by late 686 resigned and returned to his hermitage as he felt he was about to die, although he was probably only in his early 50s.

Cuthbert is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:

• Alan Cuthbert, a member of the Royal Company of Archers
• Alfred Cuthbert (1785–1856), United States Representative and Senator from Georgia
• Cheslor Cuthbert, baseball player
• Chris Cuthbert (born 1957), Canadian sportscaster
• Dylan Cuthbert, British programmer
• Elisha Cuthbert (born 1982), Canadian actress
• Frederick Alexander Cuthbert (1902-1978), Landscape Architect
• Grace Cuthbert MBE (1900 – 1988), Australian doctor and Director of Maternal and Baby Welfare
• Jack Cuthbert (born 1987), English rugby union player
• Jeffrey Cuthbert (born 1948), Welsh politician, member of the National Assembly of Wales
• John Cuthbert (Royal Navy officer) (1902-1987), vice admiral
• Josh Cuthbert, English singer (Union J)
• Juliet Cuthbert (born 1964), Jamaican runner, primarily in the sprints
• Mike Cuthbert, host of AARP's Prime Time Radio show
• Ross Cuthbert (1776–1861), Canadian writer, lawyer and politician
• Scott Cuthbert (born 1987), Scottish footballer

Fictional characters:

• Billy Joe Cuthbert, basketball player in video game advertisements
• Marilla and Matthew Cuthbert, from Anne of Green Gables

Cuthbert is a masculine given name. Notable people with the name include:

• Cuthbert of Canterbury ( fl. 736–760), Archbishop of Canterbury
• Cuthbert Bardsley (1901-1977), Anglican Bishop of Coventry
• Cuthbert Brodrick (1821-1905), British architect
• Cuthbert Bromley (1878-1915), English First World War officer and recipient of the Victoria Cross
• Cuthbert Burbage (1566–1636), a key figure in the construction of the Globe Theatre in London
• Cuthbert Burby (died 1607), London bookseller and publisher
• Cuthbert Burnup (1875-1960), English amateur cricketer and footballer
• Cuthbert Christy (1863–1932), British doctor and zoologist, author of the Christy Report
• Cuthbert Collingwood, 1st Baron Collingwood (1748-1810), Royal Navy vice admiral, Nelson's second-in-command at the Battle of Trafalgar
• Cuthbert Constable (c. 1680–1746), English physician and antiquary
• Cuthbert Dukes (1890–1977), English physician, pathologist and author
• Cuthbert Ellison (1698–1785), British Army officer and Member of Parliament
• Cuthbert Ellison (1783–1860), Member of Parliament
• Cuthbert Grant (1793–1854), Métis leader in what is now Canada
• Sir Cuthbert Headlam, 1st Baronet (1876-1964), British Conservative politician and several times Member of Parliament
• Cuthbert Hurd (1911–1996), American computer scientist and entrepreneur
• Cuthbert Mayne (1544-1577), English Roman Catholic priest and martyr
• Cuthbert Nyasango (born 1982), Zimbabwean long-distance runner
• Cuthbert Orde (1888-1968), British painter and First World War pilot
• Cuthbert Ormond Simpkins (born 1947), physician and historian
• Cuthbert Ormond Simpkins, Sr. (born 1925), dentist, Louisiana state legislator, and civil rights activist
• Cuthbert Ottaway (1850-1878), English footballer and cricketer
• Cuthbert Powell (1775-1849), U.S. Representative from Virginia
• Cuthbert Sebastian (born 1921), Governor-General of St. Kitts and Nevis
• Cuthbert Sharp (1781–1849), English antiquary, official and soldier
• Cuthbert Tunstall (1474-1559), Bishop of Durham, diplomat, administrator and royal adviser
• Cuthbert Turner (1860–1930), English ecclesiastical historian and Biblical scholar
• Cuthbert Woodroffe (1918-2012), Anglican Archbishop of the West Indies

Fictional characters:

• Cuthbert (Microdeal), computer game character and the company mascot of the software company Microdeal
• Cuthbert Allgood, a character in Stephen King's Dark Tower series
• Cuthbert Binns, from the Harry Potter series by J. K. Rowling
• Cuthbert Calculus, a scientist in Adventures of Tintin
• Cuthbert Clare, a character in Thomas Hardy's Tess of the D'Urbervilles
• Cuthbert Cringeworthy, in the comic strip The Bash Street Kids
• Cuthbert Rumbold, from Are You Being Served?
• Grass snake Cuthbert, from the Lord Peter Wimsey short story Talboys by Dorothy L. Sayers