| Saint Cuthbert of Canterbury | |
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Archbishop of Canterbury |
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| Birth name | Cuthbert |
| Enthroned | 740 |
| Ended | 758 |
| Predecessor | Nothelm |
| Successor | Bregwin |
| Born | Unknown |
| Died | 758 |
| Buried | Canterbury |
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Sainthood |
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| Venerated in | Eastern Orthodox Church, Roman Catholic Church, Anglican Communion |
| Commemorated | 26 October |
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Cuthbert of Canterbury was a medieval Bishop of Hereford and Archbishop of Canterbury.
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Life
Of noble birth,[1] he is first recorded as the abbot of Lyminge, from where he was elevated to the see of Hereford in 736.[2] He served in that capacity for four years before his elevation to the see of Canterbury in 740.[3] He went to Rome to receive his pallium from the Pope Gregory III.[1] Cuthbert was the recipient of a long letter from Saint Boniface, who complained about the lax morals of the clergy in the British Isles.[4] He also sent letters to Lull who was archbishop of Mainz and a native of England.[5] He presided over the Council of Clovesho in 747 along with Æthelbald, King of Mercia.[6] This gathering mandated that all clergy should explain the basic tenets of Christianity to the laity. Cuthbert sent his deacon Cynebert to Pope Gregory III after the council with a report on the council and it's resolutions. This action may have been taken in response to Boniface's complaints about Cuthbert and Æthelbald to the papacy.[1] After the council, Cuthbert continued to correspond with Boniface up until Boniface's martyrdom in 754, and then sent condolences to Boniface's sucessor. Cuthbert held a second synod in 758, but nothing is known of any enactments it made. He also build the church of St. John the Baptist in Canterbury, which was destroyed by fire in 1067. He was buried in his new church.[7] He died in 758[3] and was later canonized with a feast day of October 26.[8]
See also
- List of the Bishops of the Diocese of Hereford, England and its precursor offices
- List of Archbishops of Canterbury
References
- ^ a b c Hindley, Geoffrey A Brief History of the Anglo-Saxons: The beginnings of the English nation New York: Carroll & Graf Publishers 2006 ISBN 978-0-78671738-5 p. 106
- ^ Powicke, F. Maurice and E. B. Fryde Handbook of British Chronology 2nd. ed. London:Royal Historical Society 1961 p. 229
- ^ a b Powicke, F. Maurice and E. B. Fryde Handbook of British Chronology 2nd. ed. London:Royal Historical Society 1961 p. 209
- ^ Hindley, Geoffrey A Brief History of the Anglo-Saxons: The beginnings of the English nation New York: Carroll & Graf Publishers 2006 ISBN 978-0-78671738-5
- ^ Stenton, F. M. Anglo-Saxon England Third Edition Oxford:Oxford University Press 1971 ISBN 978-0-19-280139-5 p. 174
- ^ Catholic Encyclopedia Councils of Clovesho accessed on September 6, 2007
- ^ Williams, Ann "Cuthbert (d. 760)" Oxford Dictionary of National Biography Oxford University Press, 2004 [http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/6977 Online Edition accessed November 7, 2007
- ^ Catholic Online Saints and Angels Cuthbert of Canterbury accessed on September 6, 2007
External links
- Prosopography of Anglo Saxon England Entry for Cuthbert of Canterbury
- Britannia Biographies entry for St Cuthbert of Canterbury
| Catholic Church titles | ||
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| Preceded by Walchstod |
Bishop of Hereford 736–740 |
Succeeded by Podda |
| Preceded by Nothelm |
Archbishop of Canterbury 740–758 |
Succeeded by Bregwin |
| Persondata | |
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| NAME | Cuthbert of Canterbury |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | |
| SHORT DESCRIPTION | Archbishop of Canterbury; Bishop of Hereford |
| DATE OF BIRTH | |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | |
| DATE OF DEATH | 758 |
| PLACE OF DEATH | |
