Jænberht
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Jænberht
Early life
Jænberht was a monk at St Augustine's Abbey, Canterbury before being selected as abbot of that monastic house.
Archbishop of Canterbury
Jænberht was consecrated Archbishop of Canterbury on 2 February 765,
Elevation of Lichfield
During Jænberht's term of office, a dispute arose between the
In 787, Pope Hadrian sent a pallium to Hygberht of Lichfield, elevating Lichfield to an archbishopric, and Ecgfrith was crowned. There is no extant contemporary evidence, however, that Jænberht ever recognised Hygberht as an archbishop.[6][b] Canterbury retained as suffragans the bishops of Winchester, Sherborne, Selsey, Rochester, and London. The dioceses of Worcester, Hereford, Leicester, Lindsey, Dommoc and Elmham were transferred to Lichfield.[12]
Later life
Jænberht presided at a council held at London, sometime after the elevation of Lichfield, attended by most of the bishops from southern Britain.[13] He died on 12 August 792,[3][5][7] and was buried in the abbey church of St Augustine's Abbey in Canterbury.[3][7] He has since been revered as a saint, with a feast day of 12 August.[1]
Notes
Citations
- ^ a b c Farmer Oxford Dictionary of Saints p. 268
- ^ Searle "Gengbeorht", "Iaenbeorht" Onomasticon Anglo-Saxonicum
- ^ a b c Costambeys "Jænberht" Oxford Dictionary of National Biography
- ^ Yorke Kings and Kingdoms p. 43
- ^ a b Fryde, et al. Handbook of British Chronology p. 214
- ^ a b c d Brooks Early History of the Church of Canterbury pp. 113–120
- ^ a b c d Keynes "Jænberht" Blackwell Encyclopedia of Anglo-Saxon England
- ^ a b Yorke Kings and Kingdoms pp. 116–117
- ^ a b Yorke Conversion of Britain p. 151
- ^ Hindley Brief History of the Anglo-Saxons p. 106
- ^ Witney "Period of Mercian Rule in Kent" Archæologia Cantiana p. 89
- ^ Kirby Earliest English Kings p. 144
- ^ Kirby Earliest English Kings p. 143
References
- ISBN 0-7185-0041-5.
- Costambeys, Marios (2004). "Jænberht (d. 792)". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/14581. Retrieved 7 November 2007. (subscription or UK public library membershiprequired)
- 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.
- Hindley, Geoffrey (2006). A Brief History of the Anglo-Saxons: The Beginnings of the English Nation. New York: Carroll & Graf Publishers. ISBN 978-0-7867-1738-5.
- Kirby, D. P. (2000). The Earliest English Kings. New York: Routledge. ISBN 0-415-24211-8.
- ISBN 978-1-118-31610-8.
- OCLC 253420508.
- Witney, K. P. (1987). "The Period of Mercian Rule in Kent, and a Charter of A. D. 811". Archaeologia Cantiana. CIV: 87–113.
- ISBN 0-582-77292-3.
- ISBN 0-415-16639-X.
