At St CuthbertCuthbert, St (d. 687) Celtic monk and hermit. Bishop of Lindisfarne 685.’s, Etherley, pilgrims are warmly welcomed to pause, rest and pray in a living church community, following in the spirit of St Cuthbert and the long ChristianChristian Name originally given to disciples of Jesus by outsiders and gradually adopted by the Early Church to designate all members of the church. story of County DurhamDurham Durham Cathedral has its origins in the small church built in 995 to protect the relics of St Cuthbert. A century later, construction began on the church of the Benedictine Abbey, and Cuthbert's remains were transferred there and placed in a shrine in 1104. In 1242 the bones of Cuthbert were once again moved, this time to a shrine near the entrance of the Chapel of the Nine Altars..