Ethelgar ( born Æthelgar ; died February 13, 990 ) - 26th Archbishop of Canterbury (988-990).
| Etelgar Æthelgar | |
| Archbishop of Canterbury | |
| Episcopal Dedication | 2 may 980 |
|---|---|
| Intronization | 988 |
| End of the board | 990 |
| Predecessor | Dunstan |
| Successor | Sigeric Serious |
| Other post | |
| Is dead | February 13, 990 |
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Biography
The novice of at [1] . Perhaps for some time he was a monk [2] . In 964 he was appointed abbot in Winchester [3] . On May 2, 980, he was ordained [4] . He took the chair of the Archbishop of Canterbury after the death of Dunstan in 988 . Perhaps, until his death, he retained the positions of abbot and bishop, already being the archbishop of Canterbury.
Archbishop Etelgar received two letters from monasteries in Flanders . One of the abbot Falrad, who considered his predecessor Ethelgar, Dunstan to be his spiritual teacher; the second letter was from Odbert, rector of the . Both authors have requested financial assistance for their monasteries [5] [6] .
He died on February 13, 990.
Notes
- ↑ A Companion to Ælfric, 2009 , p. 42
- ↑ Douglas Dales, 1988 , p. 113.
- ↑ Anglo-Saxon Chronicle, 2010 , p. 92
- ↑ Joseph Black, 2009 , p. 122.
- ↑ Catherine AM Clarke, 2012 , p. 95
- ↑ Jill Bradley, 2008 , p. 131
Literature
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- A Companion to flfric / H. Magennis, M. Swan (editors). - BRILL, 2009. - 466 p. - (Brill's Companions to the Christian Tradition). - ISBN 978-90-04-17681-2 .
- Black J. The Broadview Anthology of British Literature . - 2nd edition. - Broadview Press, 2009. - Vol. 1: The Medieval Period. - 920 p. - ISBN 9781770480872 .
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- Dales D. Dunstan: saint and statesman. - Lutterworth Press, 1988. - 207 p. - ISBN 9780718827045 .