Æthelnoth (archbishop of Canterbury)
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Æthelnoth[a] (died 1038) was the archbishop of Canterbury from 1020 until his death. Descended from an earlier English king, Æthelnoth became a monk prior to becoming archbishop. While archbishop, he travelled to Rome and brought back saint's relics. He consecrated a number of other bishops who came from outside his archdiocese, leading to some friction with other archbishops. Although he was regarded as a saint after his death, there is little evidence of his veneration or of a cult in Canterbury or elsewhere.
Early life
Æthelnoth was a son of the
Æthelnoth became a
Archbishop of Canterbury
In 1022, Æthelnoth went to Rome to obtain the
The medieval chronicler William of Malmesbury praised Æthelnoth's wisdom. A story of doubtful authenticity tells how he refused to crown King Harold Harefoot,[14] as he had promised Cnut to crown none but a son of the king by his wife, Emma.[3] He was a leading figure in the third generation of the English Benedictine Reform.[15]
Death and legacy
Æthelnoth died in 1038, on either 28 October,[3][6] 29 October,[6][1] 30 October,[2] or 1 November.[3][6] Prior to his death, some of his episcopal functions were performed by a royal priest, Eadsige. He was buried in Canterbury Cathedral.[3] He is considered a saint,[1] with a feast day of 30 October. While he is listed in Jean Mabillon's Lives of the Benedictine Saints and in the Acta Sanctorum, there is no contemporary or later evidence of a cult being paid to him at Canterbury or elsewhere.[2]
Notes
Citations
- ^ a b c d Walsh New Dictionary of Saints p. 184
- ^ a b c Farmer Oxford Dictionary of Saints p. 181
- ^ a b c d e f g h Mason "Æthelnoth" Oxford Dictionary of National Biography
- ^ Barlow Godwins p. 21
- ^ Knowles, et al. Heads of Religious Houses p. 33
- ^ a b c d Fryde, et al. Handbook of British Chronology p. 214
- ^ Barlow English Church 1000–1066 pp. 72–73
- ^ Ortenberg "Anglo-Saxon Church and the Papacy" English Church and the Papacy p. 49
- ^ Smith, et al. "Court and Piety" Catholic Historical Review p. 575
- ^ a b Brooks Early History of the Church of Canterbury pp. 290–298
- ^ Stenton Anglo-Saxon England p. 463
- ^ a b Barlow English Church 1000–1066 pp. 232–234
- ^ Cooper, Monk-Bishops and the English Benedictine Reform Movement, pp. 100, 160
- ^ O'Brien Queen Emma and the Vikings pp. 167–168
- ^ Cooper, Monk-Bishops and the English Benedictine Reform Movement, p. 88
References
- ISBN 0-582-49049-9.
- ISBN 0-582-78440-9.
- ISBN 0-7185-0041-5.
- Cooper, Tracy-Anne (2015). Monk-Bishops and the English Benedictine Reform Movement. Toronto, Canada: Pontifical Institute of Mediaeval Studies. ISBN 978-0-88844-193-5.
- Farmer, David Hugh (2004). Oxford Dictionary of Saints (Fifth ed.). Oxford, UK: Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0-19-860949-0.
- Fryde, E. B.; Greenway, D. E.; Porter, S.; Roy, I. (1996). Handbook of British Chronology (Third revised ed.). Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. ISBN 0-521-56350-X.
- ISBN 0-521-80452-3.
- Mason, Emma (2004). "Æthelnoth (d. 1038)". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. Oxford University Press. required)
- O'Brien, Harriet (2005). Queen Emma and the Vikings: A History of Power, Love and Greed in Eleventh-Century England. New York: Bloomsbury USA. ISBN 1-58234-596-1.
- Ortenberg, Veronica (1965). "The Anglo-Saxon Church and the Papacy". In Lawrence, C. H. (ed.). The English Church and the Papacy in the Middle Ages (1999 reprint ed.). Stroud: Sutton Publishing. pp. 29–62. ISBN 0-7509-1947-7.
- Smith, Mary Frances; S2CID 159900538.
- ISBN 978-0-19-280139-5.
- Walsh, Michael J. (2007). A New Dictionary of Saints: East and West. London: Burns & Oats. ISBN 978-0-86012-438-2.
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