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Tidfrith or Tidferth was an early 9th-century Northumbriah prelate. Said to have died on his way to Rome he is the last known Anglo-Saxon bishop of Hexham. This bishopric like the bishopric of Whithorn probably ceased to exist and was probably taken over by the authority of the bishopric of Lindisfarne. A runic inscription on a standing cross found in the cemetery of the church of Monkwearmouth is thought to bear his name.
