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He also wrote a history of the church. [8] He worked to restore lands formerly held by the bishop or cathedral that had been unjustly acquired by others. [9] [10] Gisa obtained land grants for the upkeep of the church and canons from King Edward the Confessor and the later kings Harold Godwinson and William I of England.
Also called bishop of the West Kentish in Anglo-Saxon times. [3] London: 604 Secular: Archbishops of London had existed previously; also called bishop of the East Saxons [4] or of Essex [5] in Anglo-Saxon times. York: 626 Secular: In Anglo-Saxon times also called bishop of Northumbria [6] or of the Northumbrians, [7] or of Deira. [8] East ...
Holders of bishoprics founded between 597 and 1066 in England, Wales, Scotland and Ireland. Some then lapsed completely, or simply moved their seat. For Saxon dioceses in other countries, see those countries' bishop categories.
Dudoc was a native of Lorraine [1] or of Saxony. [2] He was a priest for Cnut before being named Bishop of Wells [3] by Cnut in 1033. [4] He was consecrated 11 June 1033. [5]King Edward the Confessor sent Dudoc along with two abbots to Rheims in 1049 on a diplomatic mission, [6] where he attended the Council of Reims held by Pope Leo IX.
Cedd (Latin: Cedda, Ceddus; c. 620 – 26 October 664) was an Anglo-Saxon monk and bishop from the Kingdom of Northumbria.He was an evangelist of the Middle Angles and East Saxons in England and a significant participant in the Synod of Whitby, a meeting which resolved important differences within the Church in England.
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.
As part of this process, almost all of the Anglo-Saxon bishops of English sees were replaced by Normans. Archbishop Stigand of Canterbury was deposed in 1070, accused of holding the archiepiscopal see in plurality with the bishopric of Winchester and of having seizing the archiepiscopate irregularly after the flight of his predecessor Robert of ...
Memorial to Saint Ælfheah inside the Church of Saint Alfege, Greenwich. Ælfheah refused to allow a ransom to be paid for his freedom, and as a result was killed on 19 April 1012 at Greenwich, [27] reputedly on the site of St Alfege's Church. [19] [20] The account of Ælfheah's death appears in the E version of the Anglo-Saxon Chronicle: