The best-known story about Æthelwold, relates how the future Abbot Guthrid visited him on his island with two Lindisfarne monks and, on his journey home, was saved from shipwreck by the saint's prayers. Æthelwold died on 23 March (which is his feast day) 699 (not 720 as is sometimes stated).
The most famous story about Æthelwold involves a future Abbot Guthrid visiting him on his island with two Lindisfarne monks, and during his journey home, being saved from shipwreck by the saint's prayers. Æthelwold died on March 23 (which is his feast day) in 699 (not 720 as is sometimes stated).