Bregowine


Bregowine
Archbishop of Canterbury
Appointed760
Term ended764
PredecessorCuthbert
SuccessorJænberht
Orders
Consecration27 September 761
Personal details
DiedAugust 764
BuriedCanterbury
Sainthood
Feast day26 August
Venerated in
CanonizedPre-Congregation

Bregowine[a] (died August 764) was a medieval Archbishop of Canterbury. Little is known of his origins or his activities as archbishop, although a number of stories were told about his possible origins after the Norman conquest in 1066. There are no records of him prior to his becoming archbishop. He possibly owed his elevation to the Kentish monarch. The records after his elevation to Canterbury are mainly about disputes over land, but knowledge of his time in office is hampered by the destruction of many of the contemporary records. After his death, he was considered a saint and a life about him was written in the 12th century.

  1. ^ a b Cite error: The named reference DNB was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  2. ^ a b Farmer Oxford Dictionary of Saints p. 75


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