Berhtwald | |
|---|---|
| Archbishop of Canterbury | |
| Elected | 1 July 692 |
| Term ended | 13 January 731 |
| Predecessor | Theodore of Tarsus |
| Successor | Tatwine |
| Other post(s) | Abbot of Reculver |
| Orders | |
| Consecration | 29 June 693 by Godwin |
| Personal details | |
| Died | probably 13 January 731 |
| Buried | Canterbury |
| Sainthood | |
| Feast day | 9 January[1] |
| Venerated in | Roman Catholic Church, Eastern Orthodox Church[1] |
| Canonized | Pre-Congregation |
Berhtwald[a] (died 731) was the ninth Archbishop of Canterbury in England. His predecessor had been Theodore of Tarsus. Berhtwald begins the first continuous series of native-born Archbishops of Canterbury, although there had been previous Anglo-Saxon archbishops, they did not succeed each other until Berhtwald's successor Tatwine.
Berhtwald's period as archbishop coincided with the end of Wilfrid's long struggle to regain the Bishopric of York, and the two-year delay between Theodore's death in 690 and Berhtwald's election may have been due to efforts to select Wilfrid for Canterbury. After his election, Berhtwald went to Gaul for consecration and then presided over two councils that attempted to settle the Wilfrid issue, finally succeeding at the second council in 705. Berhtwald also was the recipient of the first surviving letter close in Western Europe.
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