Feologild
Feologild | |
|---|---|
| Archbishop of Canterbury | |
| Elected | 832 |
| Term ended | 832 |
| Predecessor | Wulfred[1] |
| Successor | Ceolnoth[1] |
| Orders | |
| Consecration | 9 June 832 |
| Personal details | |
| Died | 30 August 832 |
Feologild (or Feologeld;[2] died 832) was a medieval English clergyman. He was probably elected Archbishop of Canterbury, although controversy surrounds his election. Some modern historians argue that instead of being elected, he was merely an unsuccessful candidate for the office. He died soon after his consecration, if indeed he was consecrated.
Background
In 803 at the
Æthelhard's successor was
Life
Feologild attended the Council of Clovesho in 803, and was listed on the acts of that council as an abbot of a Kentish monastery.[2]
According to the editors of the Handbook of British Chronology, he was elected to the
While some documentation survives from Canterbury in the ninth century, including a number of charters from Feologild's predecessors and successors,[11] the literary works from later periods that cover the period are prone to fabricating information to fill in gaps in the record.[12]
Feologild died on 30 August 832, soon after his consecration, if in fact he was consecrated.
Citations
- ^ a b c d Fryde, et al. Handbook of British Chronology p. 214
- ^ a b c Hunt "Feologeld" Oxford Dictionary of National Biography
- ^ a b Brooks Early History of the Church of Canterbury pp. 126–127
- ^ Brooks Early History of the Church of Canterbury pp. 118–119
- ^ Brooks Early History of the Church of Canterbury p. 133
- ^ Brooks Early History of the Church of Canterbury p. 135
- ^ Brooks Early History of the Church of Canterbury pp. 136–137
- ^ Brooks Early History of the Church of Canterbury pp. 142–143
- ^ Keynes "Ceolnoth" Blackwell Encyclopedia of Anglo-Saxon England
- ^ "Archbishop of Canterbury". Anglican Communion. Anglican Communion Office. Archived from the original on 20 February 2022. Retrieved 20 February 2022.
- ^ Brooks Early History of the Church of Canterbury p. 129
- ^ a b Brooks Early History of the Church of Canterbury pp. 145–147
- ^ Brooks Early History of the Church of Canterbury p. 150
References
- ISBN 0-7185-0041-5.
- Fryde, E. B.; Greenway, D. E.; Porter, S.; Roy, I. (1996). Handbook of British Chronology (Third revised ed.). Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press. ISBN 0-521-56350-X.
- Hunt, William (2004). "Feologeld (d. 832)". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. revised by Marios Costambeys. Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/9307. Archived from the original on 25 May 2012. Retrieved 7 November 2007. (subscription or UK public library membershiprequired)
- ISBN 978-0-631-22492-1.
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