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Catholic Encyclopedia: St. Caedmon
Article on the laborer for the double monastery of Whitby, composer of hymns and other Biblical poems in Anglo-Saxon, who died between 670 and 680.

Sacred Heart Parish: St. Caedmon
Brief profile of the poet-monk of Whitby.

The Ecole Glossary: Cædmon
Brief biography of St. Caedmon, thought to have been a Celt, and the first known poet of the vernacular in English, by Karen Rae Keck.

Bede's Account of Caedmon
Excerpt from the Old English version of the Ecclesiastical History by the Venerable Bede. Includes Old English text, modern English translation by Benjamin Slade, introduction, explanatory notes, and sound recordings.

Britannia: St Caedmon
Biography, edited from Edgar C.S. Gibson's "Northumbrian Saints."

Biography.com: Caedmon
Very short paragraph.






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