Wighard
Wighard | |
|---|---|
| Archbishop-elect of Canterbury | |
| Appointed | between 664 and 667 |
| Term ended | between 664 and 667 |
| Predecessor | Deusdedit |
| Successor | Theodore of Tarsus |
| Orders | |
| Consecration | probably never consecrated |
| Personal details | |
| Died | between 664 and 667 Rome |
Wighard
Life
Wighard was a
The case for excluding Oswiu from any role in Wighard's election is based on the theory that Bede misinterpreted a letter from Vitalian to Oswiu as stating that Oswiu was involved in the selection. The historian
Bede, who is the main source for this information, is unclear on his chronology relating to Wighard. At one point in the Historia Ecclesiastica, he states that Canterbury had been vacant for some time before Wighard's election, but in other writings he implies that Wighard was appointed soon after the conclusion of the
Pope Vitalian wrote to Oswiu after Wighard's death, and this letter is preserved by Bede in his Historia Ecclesiastica. In the letter, which also mentions that a messenger from Oswiu had been among the companions of the archbishop-elect, the pope apologises that he has been unable to find a successor to Wighard yet.[6] Wighard's death in Rome allowed Vitalian the opportunity to choose his successor, and Vitalian chose his friend Theodore of Tarsus to become the next archbishop.[5]
Citations
- ^ a b c Brooks Early History of the Church of Canterbury pp. 69–70
- ^ a b c d e Bateson "Wigheard" Oxford Dictionary of National Biography
- ^ Stenton Anglo-Saxon England p. 130
- ^ a b c Blair Introduction to Anglo-Saxon England p. 135
- ^ a b c d Hindley Brief History of the Anglo-Saxons p. 47
- ^ a b c d Kirby Earliest English Kings pp. 89–90
- ^ Brooks Early History of the Church of Canterbury p. 134
- ^ Abels "Council of Whitby" Journal of British Studies pp. 14–15
- ^ Abels "Council of Whitby" Journal of British Studies p. 24
- ^ Fryde, et al. Handbook of British Chronology p. 213
- ^ Blair Introduction to Anglo-Saxon England p. 142
References
- Abels, Richard (Autumn 1983). "The Council of Whitby: A Study in Early Anglo-Saxon Politics". JSTOR 175617.
- Bateson, Mary (2004). "Wigheard (d. 664x7)". In Costambeys, Marios (ed.). Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. Costambeys, Marios (revised). Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/29369. (subscription or UK public library membershiprequired)
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- 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.
- 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.
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