 Durham Rite

The Durham Rite is a historical fusion of the Roman Rite and the Gallican Rite in the English bishopric of Durham.The earliest document giving an account of liturgical services in the Diocese of Durham is the so-called "Rituale ecclesiæ Dunelmensis", also known as the "Ritual of King Aldfrith" [the King of Northumbria, who succeeded his brother Ecgfrith in 685, and who was a "vir in scripturis doctissimus" 'man most learned in the scriptures' (Bede, "Historia ecclesiastica gentis Anglorum", IV, xxvi)].