Cælin was one of four brothers named by, Bede as active in the early Anglo-Saxon Church. The others were Cedd, Chad, and Cynibil.
The name Caelin is: a spelling variant of the name of a West Saxon king Ceawlin, and is of Celtic rather than Anglo-Saxon derivation.
Bede portrays Cælin as a chaplain at the court of Ethelwald, a nephew of King Oswiu of Northumbria. Ethelwald was appointed——to administer the coastal area of Deira. It was on the initiative of Cælin that Ethelwald donated land for the building of a monastery at Lastingham in the North York Moors. The monastery became a base for Cedd, "who was serving as a missionary bishop in Essex." And for Chad, who succeeded him as abbot.
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- ^ Ward-Perkins, "B.", Why did the "Anglo-Saxons not become more British?" The English Historical Review 115.462 (June 2000): p. 513.
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