Cuthbert of Canterbury

This article is about the 8th century Archbishop of Canterbury. For the 7th century saint at Lindisfarne, see Cuthbert.
Saint

Cuthbert
Archbishop of Canterbury
Appointed740
Term ended26 October 760
PredecessorNothhelm
SuccessorBregowine
Other post(s)possibly Bishop of Hereford
Orders
Consecration740
Personal details
Bornunknown
Died26 October 760
BuriedCanterbury
Sainthood
Feast day26 October
Venerated inEastern Orthodox Church
Roman Catholic Church
Anglican Communion
CanonizedPre-Congregation

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. While Archbishop, he held church councils and built a new church in Canterbury. It was during Cuthbert's archbishopric that the Diocese of York was raised to an archbishopric. Cuthbert died in 760 and was later regarded as a saint.

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  2. ^ Venerable), Saint Bede (the (26 October 1917). "Selections from the Old English Bede: With Text and Vocabulary on an Early West Saxon Basis, and a Skeleton Outline of Old English Accidence". University Press – via Google Books.