Cuthbert of Canterbury
8th-century Anglo-Saxon Archbishop of Canterbury and saint / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Cuthbert (Old English: Cūþbeorht, Latin: Cuthbertus;[1][2] died 26 October 760) was a medieval Anglo-Saxon Archbishop of Canterbury in England. Prior to his elevation to Canterbury, he was abbot of a monastic house, and perhaps may have been Bishop of Hereford also, but evidence for his holding Hereford mainly dates from after the Norman Conquest of England in 1066. While Archbishop, he held church councils and built a new church in Canterbury. It was during Cuthbert's archbishopric that the Diocese of York was raised to an archbishopric. Cuthbert died in 760 and was later regarded as a saint.
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Cuthbert | |
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Archbishop of Canterbury | |
Appointed | 740 |
Term ended | 26 October 760 |
Predecessor | Nothhelm |
Successor | Bregowine |
Other post(s) | possibly Bishop of Hereford |
Orders | |
Consecration | 740 |
Personal details | |
Born | unknown |
Died | 26 October 760 |
Buried | Canterbury |
Sainthood | |
Feast day | 26 October |
Venerated in | Eastern Orthodox Church Roman Catholic Church Anglican Communion |
Canonized | Pre-Congregation |
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